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TIL that the BBC has a Pidgin language site for news

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XE7mD TIL Police in cities across America, Canada and the UK use a device known as a StingRay to track cellphone users, block service and intercept cellphone communication without warrants. The use of these devices is so controversial that most police agencies won't confirm or deny they use them.
XEWDE TIL that White Button, Cremini, and Portabello Mushrooms are all the same mushroom, just at different levels of growth and maturity.
p86ge TIL about work grunting, aka worm charming. A sport, past time, and subsistence strategy practiced in many cultures around the world.
Aobo TIL that Ted Gunderson, an ex-FBI Special Agent in Charge and executive level FBI director, believed that a shadow government controls the US government, sophisticated child trafficking rings involve persons in Congress, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing was the result of FBI provocateurs.
Wwo4 TIL some people can “flex” muscles in their inner ears to produce a low rumbling sound