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TIL that in the state of Alabama, every biology textbook must contain an insert stating that the evolution is a “controversial theory”.

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EgVaw TIL actual meth can be prescribed for ADHD in the United States
e665 TIL for upon their death, survivors of the attack on the USS Arizona during Pearl Harbor may have their ashes placed within the ship, among their fallen comrades.
66vw TIL Felix Landau, of the Nazi Einsatzgruppen (death squads), once shot and killed the Jewish personal dentist of a fellow officer. That officer, as an act of revenge, killed Landau’s ‘favorite jew’, the artist Bruno Schulz. He later told Landau “You killed my jew - I killed yours.”
MeQY7 TIL Natalie Portman, who played Queen Padme Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace, skipped the premiere so she could study for her high school finals.
v1Omx TIL APOPO, a Tanzanian wildlife agency trained African Pouch rats to sniff out landmines and diagnose tuberculosis by smelling sputum samples. The rats were so effective that the US Fish and Wildlife Department spent $100,000 on a program where Pouch rats were trained to combat wildlife trafficking.