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TIL New Guinea (island) is over three times larger than Great Britain (both as an island and as a country)

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PYQoL TIL when California two-spot octopuses (a specific species) were submerged in an ecstasy solution, they got calmer and more sociable with other octopuses they previously ignored. While this showed they react similarly to humans on MDMA, this was a pilot experiment that needs further research.
re70 TIL the Dead Kennedy’s started to attract an unwanted group neo-nazi punk fans in the late 70s. They released the single “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” as a response to white-power skinheads attending their shows.
Y7eA7 TIL After the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage increased by 300% in the United States.
v1MAr TIL there is a festival in India called Gore Habba. Villagers celebrate by throwing & smearing cow poop at each other. Similar to La Tomatina in Spain but replace the tomatoes with cow poop. Vids in comments.
l7eVr TIL that the king of Korea, Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo, is believed to have killed more than 1,700 tigers.