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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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4XA8b TIL that in 1963, contractor Amos Peters constructed a small suspension bridge to facilitate safe squirrel crossing over a busy street in Longview, Washington. “The Nutty Narrows” is now on the National Historic Register.
5jp8 TIL That burritos are legally classified as sandwiches in New York, but not in Massachusetts.
o8DE TIL the different colors of Froot Loops are all actually the exact same flavor.
bR69 TIL that in the summer of 1987, 22 tons of marijuana was thrown in the sea from a ship chased by the DEA near Brazilian coast. The high quality weed, stashed in closed metal cans, reached Brazilian beaches. The weed was found and smoked in the summer known as “the summer of the can”.
78nmb TIL that gold standard was accidentally introduced by Isaac Newton