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TIL that the porn filter for the UK's Parliament had inadvertently blocked emails from Welsh constituents because it couldn't recognise the language

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De6j TIL The McRib was introduced because McDonald’s was running out chicken for the McNuggets
1aAoX TIL that the world’s oldest animal, a 507 year old clam named Ming, was accidentally killed by scientists trying to figure out how old it was.
75Br TIL there is a 13,000-square-mile area in West Virginia where cell phones and Wi-FI are banned.
Lbbd TIL there is a giant species of shark that lives under ice near the north pole, eats polar bears and lives for over 200 years. Oh, and the Vikings used to hunt them and eat their flesh even though it stinks and tastes like pee
gdQL TIL that the symbols on the first Playstation controllers actually had a purpose. Triangle: A Person’s Viewpoint, Square: A Map, Circle: Yes, and X: No. It was assumed that games released on this console would mostly use controls based on the meanings of these symbols.