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TIL: Valve got so tired of ‘the cake is a lie’ memes that they made a point to keep the cake out of Portal 2.

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ADy7w TIL that in 2015, a German court ruled that men have a right to pee while standing up, rejecting a landlord's claim that his marble floor had been ruined and leading to the creation of a new German word, "Sitzpinkler" (those who pee while sitting down).
R7wVa TIL Huge warthog getting "spa treatment" from mongooses in win-win symbiotic relationship called mutualism. Warthogs living in Uganda have learned to rid themselves of annoying ticks by seeking out the grooming services of some accommodating neighbors: a group of mongooses looking for snacks.
8O1X TIL a Cleveland woman who was arrested for a traffic infraction was ordered to stand on a corner during rush hour for two days holding a sign that read “Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus.”
l7G9A TIL Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco—African countries—are geographically closer to mainland Europe than Malta, an official European country.
nraW TIL that there’s a theory that states a star may be dark (called a dark star) because its mass is so large that light can’t escape the surface due to the gravity.