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  1. @lauren

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    Little-known fact: early versions of the transporters in the Federation used wired connections, too.

    #FakeFact #StarTrek

  2. @lauren

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    Little-known fact: early versions of the transporters in the Federation used wired connections, too.

    #FakeFact #StarTrek

  3. @mogwai_poet

    The elk will also try to polish your skidoo, you're not supposed to let them do that either.

    #Canada #MadeInCanada #nature #FakeFact

  4. @mogwai_poet

    The elk will also try to polish your skidoo, you're not supposed to let them do that either.

    #Canada #MadeInCanada #nature #FakeFact

  5. Decided to wax my car before it spends 5 months covered in frozen dirty brine, and it occurred to me that many people don't know this...

    ICYMI, no live turtles are harmed when making Turtle Wax! That's an urban myth, sometimes spread by well-meaning animal-rights people. In fact, the discarded shells of turtles are collected during moulting season (late spring), and then processed for wax. So don't feel guilty!

    #TheMoreYouKnow #TurtleWax #turtle #wax #winter #salt #FakeFact

  6. Decided to wax my car before it spends 5 months covered in frozen dirty brine, and it occurred to me that many people don't know this...

    ICYMI, no live turtles are harmed when making Turtle Wax! That's an urban myth, sometimes spread by well-meaning animal-rights people. In fact, the discarded shells of turtles are collected during moulting season (late spring), and then processed for wax. So don't feel guilty!

    #TheMoreYouKnow #TurtleWax #turtle #wax #winter #salt #FakeFact

  7. @AccordionBruce @OhOkKay @meganL

    We take this stuff seriously. #Theft of maple syrup is the only #crime left on the books for which you can get capital punishment in Canada.

    #TheMoreYouKnow #MapleSyrup #maple #syrup #FakeFact

  8. @AccordionBruce @OhOkKay @meganL

    We take this stuff seriously. #Theft of maple syrup is the only #crime left on the books for which you can get capital punishment in Canada.

    #TheMoreYouKnow #MapleSyrup #maple #syrup #FakeFact

  9. @annthurium Racoons natural habitat is a burrow which is why they love trash cans so much #fakeFact

  10. @annthurium Racoons natural habitat is a burrow which is why they love trash cans so much #fakeFact

  11. @annthurium

    In Estonia, it has been illegal to provide alcohol to a raccoon since 1853. Parliament passed a law forbidding it after an incident involving a raccoon and a member of the royal family.

    #FakeFact #fake #lies

  12. @annthurium

    In Estonia, it has been illegal to provide alcohol to a raccoon since 1853. Parliament passed a law forbidding it after an incident involving a raccoon and a member of the royal family.

    #FakeFact #fake #lies

  13. #FunFact
    They're called "large language models" because they come in bigger font sizes.
    #FakeFact

  14. #FunFact
    They're called "large language models" because they come in bigger font sizes.
    #FakeFact

  15. When you compress a ZIP to RAR to GZ to TAR to 7Z your computer implodes.

    This is a totally real fact and not made up.

    #FakeFact #Computer #Joke

  16. Is cryptosporidium like regular sporidium but with end-to-end encryption to protect your privacy?
    #FakeFact #FakeDefinition

  17. Is cryptosporidium like regular sporidium but with end-to-end encryption to protect your privacy?
    #FakeFact #FakeDefinition

  18. #FunFact
    The dark web is just all the sites that have dark mode enabled by default. Now you know.

    #FakeFact

  19. #FunFact
    The dark web is just all the sites that have dark mode enabled by default. Now you know.

    #FakeFact

  20. new study finds that Bumble AI now blocks all "orientals"

    @Techmeme techhub.social/@Techmeme/11098