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TIL that congregating in public while wearing a mask is illegal in the state of New York.

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OGbwe TIL the average human body has 30 trillion human cells... .. and 38 trillion bacteria cells as well.
pbre TIL that in Dutch Harbor, Alaska there are helmets and hockey sticks left outside the post office so that customers can protect themselves from aggressive bald eagles.
DQx6g TIL the African Union headquarters built in Ethiopia in 2012 were entirely funded by the Chinese government, who reportedly spied on the building for 5 years via hidden microphones and an IT system that sent files to Shanghai daily.
pYnnN TIL that baby chickens imprinting on a robot that was made to randomly move in a room affected the robots movements. This means that hoping for a song in a playlist on shuffle and getting that same song like you were hoping for may not be a coincidence.
oKBY TIL The London Thames Barrier costs £16,000 ($26k) to close on each occasion