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TIL there is a fake propaganda news agency probably funded by the Russian government at ~USD 400k per month. Called the “Internet Research Agency”, it is run out of Russia and makes millions of fake posts and comments round the world against enemies of Russia….. (including the USA).

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LjN9 TIL that when orchestra’s do “blind auditions” where you can’t see the artist performing, females are chosen 50% more often than in traditional auditions.
0wNaL TIL California is the 6th largest economy in the world behind USA, China, Japan, Germany, UK. It's bigger than India, France, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Canada, Spain, Australia, South Korea, Mexico.
6Vbl TIL the algorithm the ants use to discover how much food there is available is essentially the same as that Internet protocols use to discover how much bandwidth is available for transferring a file.
x6P7 TIL that Pablo Escobar didn’t like cocaine, or rarely drank. But he was a pothead.
nyBo TIL that Canada also sent its Japanese citizens to internment camps during World War 2