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TIL that Steven Seagal’s first film, “Above the Law” was originally titled “Nico”

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6EMVQ TIL The concept for the internet started in the 1960s, when MIT’s J.C.R. Licklider popularized the idea of an “Intergalactic Network” of computers, computer scientists then developed the concept of “packet switching,” a method for effectively transmitting electronic data
kJO4m TIL that chocolate is crystalline and therefore has six phases (different ways of arranging crystals). This is important for the production of glossy, brittle, melt-in-mouth-not-in-hand tempered chocolate.
rRD9y TIL that Boxing star Tommy Morrison at the age of 13 got a fake ID and started fighting in “tough man” competitions in which you needed to be 21 to enter. He only lost one of those fights.
YDWx TIL “microbeads” used in exfoliating soaps are actually made of plastic (and they are a major pollution problem)
Z184 TIL a drug diversion program in Seattle has shown a reduction in criminal recidivism of up to 60 percent, supporting the argument that addiction should be treated as a public health problem instead of a crime.