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TIL that an opera inspired by the Breaking Bad episode, Ozymandias was made by New York composer Sun Jin Hong, and is a combination of Percy Shelly’s sonnet and the episode itself.

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0de6y TIL: The Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act was passed in 1974, specifically to prevent Richard Nixon from destroying records. In 1978 the Presidential Records Act was passed to apply to all future presidents.
graW4 TIL one estimate claims that Earth may have 1 trillion species. However, only 1.75–1.8 million have been named and 1.8 million documented in a central database. These currently living species represent less than one per cent of all species that have ever lived on Earth.
Yp7Gx TIL that baby iguanas will sacrifice themselves for their siblings
yVerp TIL, serial killer Todd Kohlhepp kidnapped 31-year-old Kala Brown and kept her inside of a shipping container for 65 days before she was rescued.
E1amW Today I learned of the California case Lodi v. Lodi, where a man sued himself, represented himself, and won by default after he failed to show up. The court wrote that “it is hard to imagine a more even-handed application of justice,”.