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TIL Stone-stacking is popular amongst Instagrammers, but can seriously harm wildlife including oystercatcher birds.

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mxJ1x TIL that "Gish gallop" is a debate technique that focuses on overwhelming an opponent with as many arguments as possible without regard for accuracy or strength of the arguments
4Xe5R TIL during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, police arrested armed civilians defending Koreatown instead of nearby looters, and police and the National Guard would often protect the suburbs far away from the riot areas, whose businesses were largely left to burn
p8lQe TIL that in 1906, a man in Seattle was sentenced to one minute in jail for drunkenness and disorder. The original sentence was 30 days, but after an appeal and six months of litigation, it was shortened to one minute. He was kept in jail until the second hand of the jailer’s watch completed a circle
Lk1Nv TIL the rarest blood type on Earth is RHnull with only 43 people reported on Earth with that blood type.
nej8o TIL when the human body undergoes an intense amount of stress, it feels drowsy or sleepy, because this is a natural reaction of the body to somehow escape the situation.