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TIL to explain why there are so many Japanese tourists flocking to see the northern lights, Alaskans made up a lie that Japanese couples have sex during the celestial show for good luck and a blessed child. This lie made it to the NY Times as fact and now it's a common (but false) folklore.

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gprX TIL Okunoshima, Japan (aka Rabbit Island) has thousands of wild rabbits which began from only 5 released there in the ‘60s. Since there are no natural predators to keep the rabbit population in check and tourists feed them, the rabbits have no fear of people and will swarm them with cuddles.
QNDVk TIL That the Airfield where the Wright Brothers first flew, has its own IATA Airport code (FFA) and is a National Park where you can still land planes and Gliders.
aweeZ TIL that despite the popular use of being 'low on the totem pole' being lower down in the pecking order, native americans would often accord the most prestige to the lowest position on the totem pole, seen as 'bearing the weight of all other figures', or at eye level to heighten significance
8eAbV TIL about Sacoglossans, otherwise known as 'solar-powered sea slugs', that are incorporating living chloroplasts from their food source into their tissues to camouflage, otherwise called 'kleptoplasty'. And also that they're unique species apart of protists to do so.
D1OrV TIL That back in 2013/2014 A Photographer Recreated Iconic Portraits of the last century Using John Malkovich as His Model. Einstein and the Joker photos were amazing.