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TIL that JRR Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

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j9dE TIL of the term “Drawbridge Mentality”, a term used to describe people who move into a community they consider “unspoilt”, then oppose any form of inward migration and development.
yQePp Crested pigeons have specialized feathers that signal danger when they flee from an apparent threat.
yjRa TIL two Scottish rappers duped the music industry into thinking they were a Californian hip hop duo, and signed a £75k record deal with Sony Music
R5aE6 TIL human jaws have been shrinking since the invention of farming, but have shrunk even faster in the past couple of centuries due to people eating softer food and spending more time indoors.
VEEZ TIL that there’s such a thing as “The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society”. NSFW (Boobies!)