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TIL: The most popular of the US national media sources—Fox, CNN, MSNBC—seem to be the least informative, while Fox news actually makes you less informed than watching no news at all.

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yp9X TIL that “under god” was added to the American pledge of allegiance in 1954 because Soviets were believed to be atheists
AE0g TIL 30% of American adults do not consume any alcohol ever
ldNK TIL President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalyn Carter (née Smith), have been married for 70 years.
gMvvb TIL Nestlé pays $524 yearly on an expired permit to pump and bottle about 30 million gallons of water from California, even during droughts. To explain this, a supervisor claimed that the Forest Service didn't have the money for a proper review of the permit; he later became a consultant for Nestlé.
M7kBV TIL that there's a city in Egypt called "6th Of October"