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TIL on Jan, 31, 2007, Boston PD mistook LED placards depicting 'The Moonites' for city wide bomb threat.

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X0n1E TIL that chickens pass a version of the mirror test, where roosters warn others if they see a predator, but don't warm their own reflection in the mirror.
NXgnE TIL that the Giants and Dodgers used to be based in New York and Brooklyn respectively. For different reasons they both coincidentally moved to the West Coast around the same time, continuing their same-state rivalry
x65oB [TIL] In the United States, a 'Heckler's Veto' happens when a speaker is silenced by the threat of antisocial or illegal acts of a disagreeing party. For instance, a peaceful demonstration is banned due to threatened violence by opponents.
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