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TIL owls make almost no noise from flying, even when tested in a room with multiple microphones

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XY1X TIL: Farmed salmon is naturally gray in color. It ends up pink due to food additives canthaxanthin and/or astaxanthin.
D1KNg TIL it’s illegal to own migratory bird (e.g. Hawk, Eagle, etc) feathers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Russia and Japan - even if you just find them on the ground
jNvOn TIL the term "incel" was invented by a female college student in Canada as part of an online forum for an "inclusive community" for people of all genders who were sexually deprived due to social awkwardness, marginalization, or mental illness, before being co-opted by misogynists
8aaJV TIL Japan sells more adult diapers than baby diapers.
jNKGj TIL there was an cartridge released in 1994 that could let you play existing games for the SNES and Genesis online for 20$ and 5$ subscription fee. It was essentially a modem on a cartage that you plugged your games on top. It also had email build in.