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

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eXWD TIL Hawaiian Airlines lets you travel with a 10lbs box of Pineapples or Papaya for free on any flight leaving Hawaii.
MewlB TIL the opposite of an oxymoron is called a tautology
X0Odk TIL about Ophiocordyceps unilateralis or “Zombie Fungus” which takes control of an ant’s nervous system, causing it to climb to the top of a leaf or stem where it bites onto the surface and dies. The fungus then sprouts from the dead ant’s head and releases spores that infect other ants.
GaAJ TIL A week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information than the average seventeenth century citizen encountered in a lifetime.
yQ1e TIL that Freddie Mercury never had his teeth fixed because he was afraid it would change the sound of his singing