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TIL a “factoid” is different than a “fact” - a factoid is a piece of information that is unsupported, completely out of context, or simply untrue but presented as a fact anyway

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QNLB6 TIL, after the death of 27-year-old physicist Henry Moseley at Gallipoli (WWI, 1915), the British Government placed a ban on other scientists of repute serving in front-line roles. Ernest Rutherford believed that Moseley's work would have earned him the Nobel Prize.
prXN TIL 6 companies control 90% of American broadcast media (FOX, CNN, NBC, WSJ, ABC, etc.)
4Kwg TIL in 2001 Smith & Wesson lost 40% of their business due to a boycott by the NRA for entering into an agreement with the federal government to put locks on its handguns, and researching and implementing “smart-gun” technology that would only allow the owner to operate it.
a8YjN TIL that Bubblegum Crisis creator Toshimichi Suzuki, passed away in January 2020.
LOAp TIL There is a tunnel at UC Davis that cost 12-14K to build. It’s purpose is to allow frogs to pass through an area of heavy traffic safely.