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TIL about the Mako Mori Test, an improved version of the Bechdel test which examines whether or not a work of fiction includes at least one female character with her own narrative arc which does not exist to support the narrative arc of a male character.

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grE57 TIL about a NASA plan to build a giant telescope with a diameter over 1km in one of the craters on the moon.
GY5B7 TIL for color blind people peanut butter looks green instead of brown
VMN5m TIL The origin of the term “Grandfather Clause” was first used to refer to statutes put in place after the Civil War by seven Southern states in an attempt to block African Americans from voting while exempting white voters from taking literacy tests required to vote.
9RZ7 TIL that the Mars company does not approve of people deep frying their chocolate bars because “it does not fit the company’s promotion of healthy living”.
Rbdj TIL lobsters are “biologically immortal”