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TIL about "New Sincerity" a term referring to the general shift away from cynicism and irony in popular culture.

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v1eWr TIL Wolves being reintroduced into Yellowstone demonstrates how crucial every member of an ecosystem is important to maintain balance. After 70 years without wolves, the reintroduction caused unanticipated positive change in Yellowstone’s ecosystem and even its physical geography.
Xg8j TIL that republicans gerrymandered a district in Pennsylvania to eliminate a democratic house representative in 2002. The new district formed a finger that contained his house, but not the spot where he parked his car. He was forced to run against another democrat for representative and lost.
8aWRa TIL I learned that both Chinese and Koreans refer to themselves as "Han." However, their origins are unrelated, with Chinese "Han" ultimately deriving from the name of a local river, and Korean "Han" likely sharing the same root as the "khan" of the Mongols and Turks
yVLNV TIL when a Oecobius civitas spider enters the home/territory of another spider of the same species, the residing spider leaves to find another home, allowing the squatter to take over.
5rEk TIL an anti animal cruelty activist infiltrated an Idaho dairy farm. After exposing workers beating and sexually abusing cows, the Idaho legislature passed a bill making it illegal to film on farms and dairies.