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TIL Fox news gets 93% of climate change facts wrong. WSJ fails as well with 81% of facts wrong.

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JlO4 TIL that in 1777 a girl named Sybil Ludington went on a night ride to warn American forces of the approaching British. She rode 40 miles - more than twice the distance of Paul Revere - from 9 p.m. to around dawn and was only 16 years old at that time.
VBnLG TIL Abu Dhabi has a 75 year lease on all of the parking meters in Chicago. In a decade they’ve already made back their investment.
9wk7Q TIL tomb raiding is a big problem in China that looters sometimes find historically significant sites first. For instance the tomb of the famed 3 Kingdoms-era general, Cao Cao, was discovered in 2008 after police inspected the stolen goods of a bunch of robbers, who then led them to an unknown tomb.
NXGAe TIL the futuristic headquarters of Oakley has a functioning tank and torpedo
X0aGr TIL the literacy rate grew in India by 97% between 2001 and 2011. The literacy rate among women is 70% and 85% for men.