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TIL that the band MGMT has never tweeted, but has 53,000 followers.

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9YlmM TIL it's estimated that 16% of the world's gold and 22% of the world's silver is contained in Japan's electronics alone- so much that Japan is asking its citizens to donate old electronics to make the Olympic medals.
BgKQx TIL Birds Use Spikes Intended To Keep Them Away From Buildings As Protection For Their Own Nest Against Predators
OGDGe TIL Not even 20% of japanese people have passports!
9KK6 TIL Most alarms and sirens fall into the frequency range 1-3 kHz where the human hearing is the most sensitive, but this frequency range is also a black spot in our sound location abilities.
m1nvP TIL Emperor Jing of the Han dynasty of China, while he was crown prince, beat his cousin to death with the board during a board game argument. Said cousin was the crown prince of one of Emperor Jing's vassal states, and his death resulted in his father hating Emperor Jing and eventually rebelling.