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TIL that Blue Jays will kill and eat smaller birds

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Z8EJa TIL that circuit breakers are installed to prevent major stock market crashes
ekPE TIL that Saudi Arabian textbooks, which are used by Muslim schools around the world, teach students that homosexuals should be executed, that Jews are “Apes”, and that Christians are “Swine”–and these are the versions that have already been toned down and scrubbed for hate-inciting speech.
4keKJ TIL about Panchiko, the Band With An Astounding Story. A group of British teenagers formed a band and recorded a demo CD-R in 2000 which is quickly forgotten about. Around fifteen years later, someone discovered a corrupted copy in a charity shop, and it became an online phenomenon. More in comment.
rR7go TIL Bubble wrap was originally invented to be wallpaper. The creators tried to make plastic wallpaper with a paper backing, but it came out with plastic backing.
wY41 TIL Most American adults will never develop past stages 4-6 on Loevinger’s 9-stage developmental scale. Below the seventh stage, most can’t even grasp the existence stages of development beyond their own. Less than 1% of the population will ever reach the 9th, or “Integrated” stage.