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TIL that Continental Drift was considered pseudoscience despite the evidence to the contrary, and was openly ridiculed by the scientific community

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R7NVw TIL that an Escher sentence is a comparative sentence that seems to make sense but doesn't on closer inspection: "more people have been to Russia than I have"
aEAy TIL The state of Kentucky currently has 4.9 million barrels of bourbon that are aging, which exceeds the state’s own population.
d85nZ TIL that a Japanese drink company released a mixture of beer and milk that they called "Bilk". It is no longer made.
GAQKg TIL Belgium recently went 652 days without a government (2018-2020)! They also had a previous record of 541 days without a government back in 2010-2011.
M61V TIL the show Deadliest Catch negatively impacts the entire Bering Sea crabbing industry by artificially lowering the operating costs of the boats on the show due to their subsidy from Discovery, allowing them to undercut the competition