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TIL that new snail species are world’s smallest, tinier than grains of sand

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8ea4a TIL the 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat reportedly earned as much as $600M, which may have been inflated by gangsters in money laundering schemes
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VdoD TIL Dr Seuss’ name rhymes with ‘Voice’ not 'Zeus’
P14Rw TIL I learned about where "garrymandering" came from and why it is so important for American elections: "Can You Rig An Election? | America, Are You OK?"
78ZjL TIL that Queen Joanna of Naples and Sicily headed directly into Avignon as it was being ravaged by the Black Plague, in an effort to meet the Pope and clear her name in the suspicous death of her husband