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TIL Elaborate fake reports of shootings, explosions and outbreaks in America have been propagated by a secretive group in St. Petersburg called the Internet Research Agency

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XeYR TIL The world’s largest mall in the world, New South China Mall, has remained 99% Vacant since it was opened in 2005.
16lZd TIL the common degu can use tools and will spontaneously stack objects in order of decreasing size, and is the first animal to be recorded displaying these these behaviors other than apes and birds
6mv8 TIL New Zealand will deny people residency visas if they have too high of a BMI and there has been cases of people rejected because of their weight.
ADnx TIL White Castle was the first fast food restaurant, founded in 1921.
LkdXd TIL: The Dilbert Principle is the concept that in many cases the least competent, least smart people are promoted, simply because they’re the ones you don't want doing actual work.