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TIL in 1988, the experimental group Negativland put out a press release claiming their tour was cancelled due to their music being linked with David Brom’s axe murder of his family. In reality, the cancellation was due to lack of funds. This did not, however, stop news reporters taking up the story.
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TIL every September, Usenet would see an influx of college freshmen getting access through school, frustrating users with their lack of online etiquette. Then in 1993, ISPs began offering Usenet access, overwhelming communities with the influx of newbies and creating the term “Eternal September”
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TIL that one of the most extensive phenological studies in Gabon discovered the lowest daily average temperature in the rainforest rose by 0.25 degrees per decade. It has led the trees to stop producing fruit. The lack of fruit as food caused chimpanzees to begin to hunt and eat gorillas.
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TIL A granfalloon is a group of people who affect a shared identity but lack any meaningful connection. People put into groups by coin toss and given meaningless labels consistently treat others ingroup as kin or close friends. Examples of granfalloons are Hoosiers and alumni of Cornell University.
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