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TIL OF SLAPP suits, frivolous lawsuits designed to suppress free speech by burdening people with legal fees

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WkpbX TIL that a Scottish scientist discovered that finger prints were unique, & asked Charles Darwin to help him promote the idea. Charles Darwin shared this with his nephew, who then claimed the finding as his own.
Rbv4 TIL Hellen Keller was a radical Socialist.
J1lK1 TIL that your toenails grow at about the same speed as the average continental plates drift. Tectonic plates drift about 1.5 cm a year. Some regions, such as coastal California, move quite fast in geological terms — almost 5 cm a year.
OoOwY TIL that “sea serpent” myths likely originated from Oarfish. This sometimes 50 foot long fish is known to surface with its head and “crown” out of the water, seemingly searching for something. They usually die after surfacing, however.
KO90J TIL on Alton Brown's last day of sixth grade, his father was found dead with "a Hefty bag taped to his head". Police ruled it a suicide but Alton believes that his father may have been murdered.