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TIL: Of Penny4NASA a campaign being run to get NASA’s budget increased to at least 1% of the US Federal budget

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kJdje TIL Foods themselves will not cause or treat a sore throat. But in general, fatty, spicy, crunchy, hard, or acidic foods should be avoided when you have sore throat as they can all increase irritation
kORK4 TIL About a third of all fish and seafood eaten around the world is mislabelled. And the amount of fraud being committed is increasing.
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QJdNE TIL Tom Rogers created Charlie the Tuna and based Charlie on his friend Henry Nemo. Nemo is known as the "creator of jive,” which resembles the loose-lipped slang used by Charlie the Tuna.
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