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TIL many members of the Yakuza are actually Korean

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9YXXr TIL that blue jays go bald in last August after seeing a bald lil dude eating out of my bird feeder (they only shed their head and neck feathers)
RWew TIL that the internet uses “filter bubbles” to filter out only what you want to see without letting you know what is being omitted. Basically, the internet is biased.
Mernb TIL that the smell of freshly cut grass is actually a chemical plant distress call, telling other plants to move the nutrients into the roots
E1AjX TIL about the Brooklyn Theater Fire in which none of the staff or actors yelled "Fire" because they were afraid of causing a panic and 278 people died.
NrXN TIL, that the Doomsday Clock, a measure of how close we are global disaster, is at 11.55pm, the worst it’s been since 1984.