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TIL of the egg fried rice protests, a form of anti government protest In China where internet users post recipes for fried rice on October 24th, and November 25th. This is in reference to the birth and death of the son of Mao Zedong, who died from a bomb whilst cooking outside during the Korean war

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Zgoa TIL that 75% of Japanese homes have a hi-tech toilet and the latest models eliminate the need for TP, keep you warm, check your blood pressure, play running-water sounds to increase privacy and open and close automatically so you don’t have to touch anything.
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AD7Ex TIL Hunter-gatherers apply techniques of social control in suppressing both dominant leadership and undue competitiveness. If a dominant male tries to take control of the group, they practice “egalitarian sanctioning”. They team up against the domineering person, and ostracise or desert him.