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TIL a bus monitor received 700k from a go-fund me after a video of 7th graders relentlessly bullying her was uploaded online

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OoX5e Today I learned that the term used in RFID gen2 standard is "tags" and "Interrogators"
wo0Z6 TIL that recording artist Buffy Sainte-Marie lied about being Native American and is actually English and Italian
mxMRR TIL the reason it's called "the birds and the bees" is because it's a metaphor for naturally-occuring events. The "bees" part comes from bees depositing the flowers (a reference to fertilization), and the "birds" part comes from female birds laying eggs (a reference to ovulation).
m1doY TIL that drivers may face fines and up to six months' license suspension if they run out of fuel on the Autobahn
mgmE TIL that Your Brain Stays Half Awake When You Sleep In A New Place