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TIL goose dad, a South Korean term for fathers who work in Korea while their families live abroad for English education, driven by "English Fever". The intense feeling of loneliness and desolation can lead them to engage in extramarital affairs, commit suicide, or face the risk of dying alone

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6En1w TIL members of the crow family (crows, Jays, Ravens, etc) can conceive of 'fair' and 'unfair' treatment and can hold grudges against specific humans for years at a time. They also hold funerals for their dead.
PPwE TIL The Clarkstown Police Department of NY is one of the highest paid police departments in the country. In 2008, Police Chief Noonan made $374,261.88, and he wasn’t even the highest paid.
N76wP TIL that Heat Lightning isn’t an actual type of lightning. It’s the reflection of lightning on clouds from a thunderstorm so distant (and obscured by hills, mountains, curvature of the Earth, etc.) that we can no longer hear the accompanying sound.
Z84ZY TIL of the 100th Infantry Battalion, famously made up of primarily Hawaiians of Japanese descent that went on to serve with distinction during WWII in the European Theater, still exists to this day as a reserve unit for troops from American territories in the Pacific.
oB4lo TIL To try to combat mosquito outbreaks, Disney World monitors coops of “sentinel chickens” that are stationed around the park. If a mosquito-borne virus shows up in the chickens’ blood, Disney doubles down on its bug-slaying efforts in the area.