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TIL Bacteria are thriving in the sky — and they influence the weather

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xl70 TIL many motorcycles in Brazil have a long antenna like rod on the front of their bike to catch kite lines that have glass attached to them.
awdJJ TIL a Japanese/English creole language exists
b66j4 TIL that during World War II, the United States published a spy manual urging middle managers in enemy territory to sabotage their employers by bringing up irrelevant issues, promoting bad workers, haggling over petty details, and holding unnecessary meetings.
X0kXD TIL that reductio ad absurdum is when you attempt to reduce an argument to absurdity (I.e The Earth cannot be flat; otherwise, since the Earth is assumed to be finite in extent, we would find people falling off the edge.)
JGnk TIL that In Idaho, if you commit perjury that leads to the execution of an innocent person, you can be executed for that.