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TIL that Manta Rays live in groups of friends that are not necessarily family, a behavior very rare in nature

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epkln TIL: Henriette d'Angeville was the first woman who climbed the MontBlanc unaided. She had to design her own climbing clothes. She took with her 18 bottles of wine and 26 roasted chickens. At the top she was lifted by her guides so that she 'had gone higher than any man before her'.
0gZv TIL That when a stretched out slinky is dropped, the bottom stays still in mid air until the two ends meet (Skip to 16 seconds)
4XGQb TIL in 2020 Customs and Border Protection tweeted that they had stopped a shipment of "counterfeit Airpods". However, the attached photos showed that the seized goods weren't Apple fakes - they were OnePlus Buds.
vBkr TIL of a trend in Japan called B-Style (Black Lifestyle), where Japanese people tan their skin dark, wear special contact lenses, and change their hair and fashion to emulate African Americans
d7QE TIL that the guy who made UK’s porn filters is now under arrest for charges of child porn.