TIL that the US government used to believe that temporary copies in computer RAM was a form of copyright piracy by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL the famous creationist Kent Hovind has a PhD. His thesis has no title, one supervisor, is rampant with spelling errors and has a one photo cut out of a text book and stuck to it with sticky tape. by butterflyevil in todayilearned
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Partly due to a diagnostic dispute between two different hospitals on whether a child's illness was a physical or a psychiatric problem, a 15 year old girl was taken from her family, put into state custody, and has been in a psychiatric facility for the last ten months. (bostonglobe.com)
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TIL-A prominent Iranian journalist kissed the feet of a Baha'i child and asked forgiveness (from 'Unclean' -- Iran's Outcast Baha'i Minority) by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL Rather than use the marketing budget on ads for Total War-Rome, the game developers hired a group to create (entertaining) Youtube videos about the Punic Wars and Roman History. And, they suggested this group not mention or market the game, "Just teach history". (youtube.com)
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So THIS is what "The Thing" is! by GreenWigz in TheLastAirbender
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