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TIL of the Zoo hypothesis. Life is common in the Universe, but extraterrestrial civilizations intentionally avoid communication with Earth to allow for natural evolution and sociocultural development, and to avoid interplanetary contamination, similarly to people observing animals at a zoo.

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7jpp TIL of Gregor MacGregor, a 19th century confidence trickster who fooled over 500 people over 5 years to buy land in a fictional Latin American country called Poyais he claimed had been made ruler of. About half of the people who bought land died. He made a fortune, and was later tried and aquitted.
BrKML TIL about the "Order of The Wheel" a not so secret society devoted to Mr. Trash Wheel, a waterwheel that picks up river debris in Baltimore, Maryland. The order, funded by the EPA, promotes grass roots environmental action.
KOE5J TIL in 2016, "a boy was killed and 20 others infected by anthrax released when retreating permafrost exposed the frozen carcass of a reindeer killed by the bacteria at least 75 years earlier; 2,000 present-day reindeer were infected, too, carrying and spreading the disease further."
mgOv TIL Netflix allows employees to take unlimited maternity or paternity leave during the first year after their child’s birth or adoption.
00Yp TIL after a bombing run a damaged bomber was flying home when Luftwaffe pilot, was ordered to shoot it down. He refused as he saw it as dishonourable and flew with it to open sea, to prevent it being shot down. The two pilots met 40 years later and become friends for the rest of their lives.