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TIL there is a straight pride flag

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woANY TIL the "Ring" spawned a multimedia franchise in Japan (unrelated to the American remake) which crossed over with the Grudge franchise (also unrelated to the American remake)
8ebeG TIL People typically fart about 13 to 21 times a day, amounting to ½ to 1½ quarts (0.5 to 1.5 liters), and some people fart more or less often.
oB4lo TIL To try to combat mosquito outbreaks, Disney World monitors coops of “sentinel chickens” that are stationed around the park. If a mosquito-borne virus shows up in the chickens’ blood, Disney doubles down on its bug-slaying efforts in the area.
eoB4 TIL that if you fall into lava you aren’t going to sink in it.
kJe15 TIL that DDT, a pesticide banned ages ago, is still present in penguins over in Antarctica? this chemical gets passed up the food chain, starting from krill to penguins. The good thing is that the amount of DDT in the penguins isn't enough to harm them.