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TIL: A Massachusetts Pastor will stand trial for his role in creating Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” Law.

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ya TIL that life expectancy in Cuba is higher than in the United States
nWJGW TIL Michelle Kunimoto discovered dozens of planets while an undergraduate and Ph.D. student at age 26. She uses publicly available data collected by NASA’s Kepler Mission and studied them in a new, more sensitive way to find signals of planets that Kepler had missed
m14XE TIL that J. Robert Oppenheimer, the renowned physicist often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb," had a lesser-known passion for poetry. Despite his significant contributions to science, Oppenheimer also dabbled in writing and enjoyed immersing himself in the world of literature and verse.
pGa4 TIL that Kent cigarettes, a popular brand from the 50s through the 70s, had filters made of asbestos fibers. (and yes, that is the bad kind of asbestos)
ep46k TIL that millions of Japanese people celebrate Christmas with KFC as a modern tradition.