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TIL the term “Suspension of disbelief,” defined as a "willingness to suspend one's critical faculties . . . for the sake of enjoyment" refers to one of Aristotle’s principles of theater in which the audience accepts fiction as reality so as to experience a catharsis.

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d8gNK TIL that under the Subversive Activities Registration Act, South Carolina law requires that groups who intend to overthrow the government to register their details with the authorities and pay $5 .
v1nxD TIL that axoltols can regrow limbs, tails, hearts, eyes, parts of the brain, and even the central nervous system.
gQ4b TIL that planet earth is the only planet that is not named after any god but after the word “ertha” meaning ground or soil
0wEpN TIL about Product 19. A cereal that was made by Kellogg's as a competitor to General Mills' Total cereal, by providing 100% daily amounts of various minerals and vitamins. It existed from 1967-2016 and was named simply due to being the 19th version of that cereal.
7jLL TIL 3 of the first 5 US presidents died on July 4th.