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TIL that 1.3 million Americans have a Top Secret security clearance

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Y45A TIL in Japan, the shutter sound on phones and camera’s cannot legally be disabled due to rampant “upskirt” offences.
OG4Ve TIL that english scientist Henry Cavendish discovered physical laws like Ohm's, Dalton's, or Charles's law and few others as first but they were not named after him because he didn't publish his notes and didn't tell his fellow scientists, propably due to being asocial and shy
69AkX TIL The GEICO Cavemen had their own short-lived TV series in 2007, which was described as one of the "worst TV shows ever" in the Chicago Tribune
8eK9Z TIL female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes rely on one another for "good reviews" of the best egg-laying sites (not too crowded, not too empty, but just right!) — a new insight that could inform future mosquito control efforts.
GpD7 TIL there is an island in japan that is “ruled by cats”