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TIL Cost of lab-grown burger patty dropped from $325,000 to $11 in 2 years

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7rVeb TIL: In 1947, the Superman radio show did a series called "Clan of the Fiery Cross" in which they exposed many of the KKK's most guarded secrets. Within two weeks of the broadcast, KKK recruitment was down to zero. And by 1948, people were showing up to Klan rallies just to mock them.
P1Njw TIL the first person to circumnavigate the earth may have been Enrique of Malacca, a slave of Magellan who started his journey in Malaysia.
rRZNy TIL Frank Sinatra was an avid supporter of civil rights. He was a generous financial supporter of Martin Luther King Jr, and was recruited by him to join the civil rights marches in the south. He would go on to receive a lifetime award from the NAACP.
p8ZAQ TIL Humming helps your sinuses produce more nitric oxide which is one of the bodies defenses for killing bad bacteria in your sinus passages.
jNe6M TIL that after marathoning Breaking Bad, Anthony Hopkins wrote Bryan Cranston a fan letter, saying (among other things) "Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever."