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TIL of the Dead Internet Theory which states that we are being manipulated by bots

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gJ4X TIL: Miami Beach has banned beachfront hotels from giving out plastic straws
0XaM TIL that carnivorous animals will not eat other animals that have been struck by lightning
mxwEo TIL The Japanese were planning a biological warfare attack on San Diego, California before the atomic bombs forced them to surrender in WWII
XBvr TIL Gary Larson coined the term “Thagomizer” in one of his comics to describe the spikes on stegosaurus’s tail, after the fate of a poor caveman named Thag. It is now a recognised scientific term in palaeontology, in tribute to Larson.
MB80 TIL that, by law, no US officer is ever allowed to outrank George Washington, and he was posthumously promoted to “six star general” to make sure.