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TIL that a baby porcupine is a porcupette

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6EOOQ TIL that high use of social media, television, and computers by adolescents is associated with increased depression; however, video gaming is not associated with depression.
RLN9 [TIL] Nestle agreed in 2001 to ensure its products were not made with slave labor by 2005. In 2005, the international organization it made the agreement with found it had not done so.
VBBXG TIL about Jordan Romero a US Mountain Climber who at 13 was the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, having been too young to gain a permit from Nepal this climb was started from Tibet, China has since imposed minimum age limits for permits meaning this record cannot everbe broken
BgxMy TIL Jon Fogerty from the band Creedence Clearwater Revival was sued by his record company for sounding too much like himself
Dpjj TIL that Bill Nye the Science Guy was the technical expert on the television show BattleBots.