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TIL K-Pop Has Become a Battleground for Political Ideologies

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NrA8 TIL there is a cafe in France which charges €7 a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to wait staff
NXBMb TIl the Mainstream Persian voice over of Joker (2019) Mater Cars,Timon, Sid, Wallace,Scooby, King Julian, The spot,Uncle Aaron,web slinger, Mario,Luigi,donkey Kong, master Po and crane (kung fu) and all the male characters of sponge Bob are done with high precision to original only by one person.
X0JJ8 TIL that by suppressing the expression of certain genes specifically for beak development, scientists were able to grow a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout instead of a beak
80rG TIL Mordechai Vanunu, a nuclear technician in Israel and anti WMD activist leaked a photograph to the British press of evidence Israel had nuclear weapons. He was later tracked by Mossad, drugged, bound, thrown in a bag and renditioned to Israel for trial.
8O98 TIL that trees are able to communicate with each other through an underground network known as the ‘wood-wide web’. This system allows trees to loan sugar to neighboring trees, send warning signals about injury or disease, nurture their own offspring, and donate resources to conserve the forest.