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TIL that Fox News is financially controlled by a Saudi Royal and an Australian

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4NAw TIL that readability tests suggest most Wikipedia articles are too sophisticated for their readers.
ADGPn TIL In 1963 there were only 417 bald eagles breeding pairs in the 48 states. They had been ravaged by the effects of the insecticide DDT. Today there are 72,000 individuals in the lower 48 states, and 143,000 including Alaska. They are the ultimate Endangered Species Act success story.
OJM6 TIL the Liters of Light project uses no electricity to illuminate windowless homes in and beyond the Philippines - their solution uses a recycled plastic bottle with some water and bleach yet provides the equivalent output of a 60-watt bulb
nWpGP TIL that even with the two massive hurricanes in the past few weeks, the damages in the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster were nearly double that of Helene and Milton damage estimates combined.
M7YJ8 TIL about this 400 year old Japanese white pine Bonsai, which has been taken care of for 5 generations, and survived Hiroshima