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TIL A cockroach will fart about every 15 minutes.

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YpaYd TIL that the 1% rule is a rule of thumb pertaining to participation in an internet community, stating that if you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it.
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