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TIL that birds have their own regional accents!

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6vQY TIL that “Strategy of Tension” is a tactic that aims to divide, manipulate, and control public opinion using fear, propaganda, disinformation, psychological warfare, agents provocateurs, and false flag terrorist actions.
l9k7 TIL that due to a clerical error, the state of Missouri assumed that a man named Mike Anderson was in prison, serving his 13-year sentence for armed robbery. It’s only when they began preparing for his release did they realise that law-enforcement had forgotten to take him to jail.
9ROm TIL Jackass began because Johnny Knoxville wanted to test self defense equipment on himself and write articles about it. The tests were filmed and Jackass was born.
0deMp TIL there are IKEA stores in China, even as China is the source of cheap furniture the world over.
LKvd TIL Immigration officer told John Oliver when at the US embassy in London applying for a Visa “Give me one good reason I should let you back in to insult my country???… Oh, I’m just kidding. Love the show.”