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Today I learned that rare steak isn’t bloody.

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69BPm TIL that in 2019 Toyota released nearly 24,000 of their patents for royalty-free use, including patents for their modern electric and hybrid vehicle technology.
LQdDV TIL There's a period of the history of Earth (1.8 to 0.8 billion years ago) that is called the "Boring Billion" due to nothing much happening geologically, climatically or (mostly) evolutionarily.
yVm0p TIL that Stranger Things was originally pitched as “Montauk” and set in Montauk, New York, drawing inspiration from conspiracy theories
7rpP Til When forks were first introduced in 11 century Tuscany they were condemned by the clergy, arguing that human fingers were created by god and only they were worthy to touch god’s bounty. 100 yrs later introduced to England by Sir Thomas Becket. The Spork was of course the work of Witches
7r0bL TIL of Larry "Lawnchair Larry" Walters, who, in 1982, attached helium balloons to his lawnchair and flew at an altitude of 16,000 feet, and used a pellet gun to pop balloons before dropping the gun, then continued to land on power lines. He was later charged $1,500 for not communicating with an ATC