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TIL Facebook steals billions of views from YouTube by rigging their algorithms, counting views after 3 seconds, and “freebooting,” or downloading someone else’s copyrighted content and uploading it into Facebook’s video player

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9w4jG TIL of the Tlatelolco massacre, a student protest that led to hundreds of deaths and thousands of people being injured, after the mexican government had snipers firing at the Mexican Armed Forces to make it appear the protest had turned violent and justify the massacre
nXpP TIL when the King of France tried to escape in disguise during the French Revolution, he was recognized and stopped by a postmaster who noticed the resemblance to the king’s likeness on paper money
emok TIL two British twins who were separated at birth and adopted by different parents ended up marrying each other without knowing they were siblings. Upon realizing they were twins, a British court annuled the marriage.
p40Z TIL There is an entire line of music called relaxmycat that is specially designed to put cats to sleep/calm them and it actually works! (Link to their youtube channel)
QNMw9 TIL that wild almonds contain deadly amounts of cyanide. The almonds we enjoy today are from a genetic mutation that reduced the production of amygdalin that makes wild almonds bitter and poisonous.