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TIL that though President Nixon is often praised for having created the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), he only did so because Congress was eyeing the creation of a Department of Environmental Protection (presidents have more control over agencies than departments)

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ANYK4 TIL The United States and the Cherokee Nation signed the Treaty of New Echota in 1835 which promised the Cherokee people a delegate to the House of Representatives
GlXg TIL In 1979 a scholar in Semitic languages from the University of Manchester published a book claiming that the word “Jesus” in the bible has been misinterpreted and that it is really a code for a certain species of hallucinogenic mushroom
l7lXr TIL that E = mc² is always applicable e.g: a compressed spring has more mass than a loose spring. The extra mass can be calculated by inserting the added potential energy into the above equation.
epld5 TIL: In a research study, women who were presented with images of “slim-thick” women reported greater dissatisfaction with their weight, appearance, and overall satisfaction with their own bodies compared to those who viewed “thin-ideal” imagery.
wLjE8 TIL that most stars exist in binary or triple star systems. It is hypothesized that up to 85% of stars are gravitationally bound to another star in a multiple star system. Therefore, solitary stars (such as the Sun) are actually not the norm in the universe, but in fact are a rarity.