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TIL that there is a journalist known as Slackbastard who studies and reports on the radical right in Australia

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vebR TIL there exists a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer – TAILS aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity, and helps you to: use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship, leave no trace on the computer you are using, use state-of-the-art cryptographic tools
0wDOM TIL In 2019, a bird was discovered which was thought to be a new species. It was actually a seagull covered in curry sauce.
ADdgg TIL The Chicxulub asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs approximately 66 million years ago is theorized to have generated a megatsunami that reached 2.9 miles (4.6 km or 15,312 ft.) in height or more than 5.5x the height of the Burj Khalifa (2,722 ft.) out in the open ocean.
YpQeP TIL Patreon co-founder and CEO Jack Conte has an eclectic career, including a role as a voice actor on The Sims 2, and more notably as the founder of two different bands, Pomplamoose and Scary Pockets, both of which have their own successful Patreon accounts.
N7DJe TIL a human skull recovered in the back garden of broadcaster Sir David Attenborough belonged to a woman murdered in 1879