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TIL that there are over 20 known states of matter, not just solid, liquid, gas and plasma

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5YZWB TIL about "GeoFraming" where companies are able to track you through your devices based on venues you've visited like a concert or stadium as far as 6 months in the past. Then geolocate your home address and target ads to your home IP address with no opt-in.
D9Kr TIL Alton Brown, host of Food Network’s “Good Eats” was originally a cinematographer. He shot the video for R.E.M’s “The One I Love,” among others. He also didn’t attend culinary school until AFTER deciding to start a cooking show.
worGo TIL that the extinct Ubykh language, spoken in the Caucasus until 1992, holds the record for most consonants: it had 83 but only two vowels
DQgAJ TIL that in the late 1800s, religious activist and U.S. Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock destroyed more than 30,000 pounds of books, and influenced Congress to ban the sale of "obscene" books. The resulting law was so broadly applied that some medical textbooks became illegal.
epe5D Today I learned that beekeeping suits are white because bees have seemingly evolved an aggressive defensive response towards dark figures approaching their nest which white suits helps to counteract