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TIL of ‘Tule Fog’ a weather phenomenon that happens in the Central Valley California where fog is so thick it can be seen from space.

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yQl5V TIL in 2016, Shabani, a male Gorilla at a Japanese zoo received worldwide attention when women started flocking to see him as they thought him to be extremely handsome and manly. The crowds of women yelling his name made him so uncomfortable, zoo staff had to put up signs telling them to stop
GYyDN TIL in 2008, MI5 released a 14-page document warning British businesses of Chinese “honeytraps”- that Chinese intelligence would use “sexual relationships and illegal activities to pressurize individuals to co-operate with them”, to gain access to computer networks.
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