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TIL that most people prefer AI-generated poetry to poetry made by humans

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oRnOR TIL in 1997, a civilian pilot witnessed and reported one of the most widely sighted UFO appearances, the Phoenix Lights. That pilot was actor Kurt Russell, who only learned of the significance of the lights years later when he saw it mentioned on a TV show his wife was watching.
PN0E TIL there’s a shrine in Bangkok to a naughty old beggar. After one man prayed at the shrine and won the lottery, he rewarded the beggar with a troupe of sexy dancers. Now people regularly bring dancers to the shrine to seek good fortune (with video)
wodk8 TIL there is a species of seaweed that can reduce a cow's methane production by 99%
6EVN7 TIL: Japanese kitchen knives are a lot sharper than Katana swords since blacksmiths switched from making swords to making knives when the samurai were banned from carrying swords in the 19th century to modernise Japan after the Meiji Restoration.
9YO1B TIL cats have contributed to the extinction of at least 63 global vertebrate species, deemed one of “the most ubiquitous and environmentally damaging invasive predators on Earth", while new studies shows cats are ineffective when it comes to catching rats.