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TIL Nina Simone’s song Mississippi Goddam was written in response to a Baptist church bombing in 1963. This song was used as an anthem for the civil rights movement in a time when music was heavily censored

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lobV5 TIL of the episode Home, from The X-Files. The Episode was so disturbing it was banned from resyndication after its initial release on FOX.
aoBb TIL a pollination technique invented by a 12 year old slave is the reason Vanilla is commonly available today
GAKPE TIL after reviewing previous research & conducting a genetic analysis, a 2024 study found that two populations of orcas (resident & transient), should be recognized as separate species, distinct from both each other & the rest of orcas. Currently, all orcas are categorized as a single species.
vWVK TIL that scientists discovered an eel had lived inside a shark’s heart in “a facultatively parasitic relationship” in 1997.
E1Kdw TIL gene editing technology exists today