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TIL that UC Berkeley offers a degree in "meme studies"

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VMYxm TIL Benjamin Franklin raised his illegitimate son (mother never revealed), who assisted his father in the famous kite experiment. But William became the leader of the Loyalists in the Revolution. They never reconciled, meeting only briefly in Britain after the war to settle family legal matters.
yQeXa TIL soldiers were used as “guinea pigs” to study the effects of radiation on human health by French government in 1960s
X1Lj TIL that University of Montreal researchers were unable to study the differences between men who watch porn with those who don’t since they couldn’t find a single man who doesn’t
w0rW TIL that Liam Neeson turned down the role of James Bond because his wife-to-be said she wouldn’t marry him if he took it
VBLpB TIL Scottish football/soccer club Queen's Park F.C. was completely amateur from 1867 to 2019, even though the rest of the teams of the league had been professional since 1893.