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TIL in 2014, Fox News plagiarized BioShock Infinite’s logo in a segment on immigration titled “Defending the Homeland,” seemingly unaware of the game’s critical exploration of xenophobia.

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a8ENN TIL There is a bar named Jack Ruby's Saloon in downtown Dallas mere blocks from The Sixth Floor Museum and Dealey Plaza (Site of JFK assassination). The history buff owner loves the fact that Ruby, who shot JFK's assassin, owned a bar and sells T-shirts that says "I took a shot at Jack Ruby's."
Wkvwd TIL that a Canadian study performed on university students suggested that simply WEARING a police-style uniform may alter one's attention towards people with low socio-economic status.
5ekR TIL that mucophagy, or eating your own boogers, strengthens the immune system and children who do this are healthier and happier than their peers
kJXPm TIL a group of hackers managed to hack into a casinos' database of high rollers through the IoT enabled thermostat in the casinos' fish tank.
dgBB TIL that while sleeping our sense of smell is turned off, meaning it cannot alert us to dangers such as a fire since we cannot be awoken by the smell.