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TIL female snakes can decide whether or not they become pregnant after intercourse

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MeKM7 TIL Xerox and Cannon created the Machine Identification Code. A digital watermark which certain color laser printers and copiers leave on every single printed page, allowing identification of the device with which a document was printed and giving clues to the originator
BR0e TIL the NORAD “Tracking Santa” is run entirely by volunteers and does not use any taxpayer money. It is paid for by various sponsors and donations.
rDpe TIL a paedophile in Thailand posted a picture of himself with a swirl effect on his face, allowing the Interpol to unswirl the image back and arrest him
VB1Am TIL that in 1984, the Japanese Army Veterans Association, in an attempt to refute wartime atrocities, interviewed former WWII soldiers. Instead of denial, the soldiers freely admitted and described atrocities committed, resulting in the association publishing an apology the following year.
l7Y8V TIL the cowboy bebop episode"wild horses" was initially banned from TV because it involved the space shuttle Columbia being involved in a disaster, which had actually happened a few months after is was written.