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TIL the 1st Tenet of the Satanic Temple is “One should strive to act with compassion and empathy towards all creatures in accordance with reason.”

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N7R86 TIL there is something called a sea potato, a relative of the sea urchin that looks like a cross between a coconut and a hamster.
8exr8 TIL driving certain vehicles on certain days in the Phillipines is banned. Depending on the number the licence plate ends with, determines which day that car is not allowed to be on public roads
YprKd Today i learned how companies lie using statistics
nWk7d TIL that before telephones, fire alarm boxes were located at street corners. To prevent false alarms or pranks, some boxes were designed with handcuffs to attach the alarm-puller to the box, and only the firemen had a key to release them
JYMNl TIL after a shipment of Parakeets got accidentally released at JFK in the late 1960's The birds never left and have been living in Brooklyn ever since.