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TIL that there is journalism equivalent to the Bechdel Test. An article about a female scientist fails the “Finkbeiner Test” if it mentions one of seven topics regarding her womanhood

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bpwa TIL Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in ‘something like 1990’, seven years before the release of the first book.
9r6 TIL the subspecies of Elephant used by Hannibal in his invasion of Italy are extinct
99NX TIL of the “suicide palm” recently discovered in Madagascar that flowers itself to death. The plant grows for decades before exploding with nectar-rich blossoms that deplete the plant’s nutrients and cause it to die
l717A TIL the cofounder of AA, Bill Wilson, believed LSD could help alcoholics stop drinking
5EYB TIL 75% of all Silent Films Have Been Lost