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TIL fungi are genetically more closely related to animals than to plants.

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N74NJ TIL: Of the United States' 2.9 million female high school athletes, only 3% are cheerleaders, yet cheerleading accounts for nearly 65% of all catastrophic injuries in girls' high school athletics and carries the highest rate of catastrophic injuries in sports.
awGWb TIL In 1966 Batgirl did a PSA about equal pay.
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