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TIL about the dead internet theory, an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content manipulated by algorithmic curation to intentionally manipulate the population and minimize organic human activity

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X6kE TIL that Mussolini was expelled from school when he was 10 for stabbing a classmate. He did the same thing at his next school.
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l7Xxa TIL that if you have a kid in the 4th grade your entire family can get into National Parks free for a whole year!