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TIL several studies show that FOX News viewers are less informed than people who don’t follow the news.

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ep7D TIL That there is a compressed text file of 10 trillion digits of pi that is 7.6 TB
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0wbDj TIL that S6 is the only symmetric group with a non-trivial outer automorphism.
B9rL TIL Historians believe the fate of Christianity hinged on the Battle of Tours where an Arab invasion force was defeated by a Frankish force in present-day France, preventing the spread of Islam to all of Western Europe and preserving Christianity as the religion of Europe.
neOLo TIL That dogs and cats circle around before bedding down as a throwback to their wild ancestors. Their survival instincts provoked them to position themselves in the direction of the wind to pick up predator scents and choose the best angle for keeping an eye on the environment.