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TIL That Alan Moore claims to have met his creation John Constantine twice IRL, the second time he told him the secret of magic.

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oBGYL TIL Ainu people are indigenous to Hokkaidō, Japan. They have their own religion, language, and culture. Now fewer than 100 speak the language.
LQrkP TIL plants convert glucose into starch because starch takes up less space and because glucose is osmotically active (similar to salt), while starch is not
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