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Today I learned that the US is currently ranked 46 in the press freedom index.

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RPg6 TIL a creationist used the shape and appearance of the banana as proof of intelligent design. He later retracted his statements upon learning that bananas are a result of artificial selection by humans.
yVlvV TIL 'cromulent' and 'embiggen' - coined by The Simpsons - have since been added to the dictionary and used in academic journals, respectively
9MPG TIL Shirley Temple was an ambassador to Czechoslovakia & Ghana, survived breast cancer, served on the board of directors of Bank of America and was a candidate for the House of Representatives. REST IN PEACE
PY0Qn TIL of William James Beal. In 1879, he started one of the longest running experiments in botany, testing the seed viability of 21 plant species over long periods of time. The experiment is scheduled to finish in 2100, when the last bottle of seeds will be tested.
wo5A7 TIL that the chemist Alexander Shulgin invented over 200 psychedelic drugs , self-administered them and wrote a book the experience he had with each of them