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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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0wgKL TIL the Smithsonian raised $700k on Kickstarter in an effort to conserve the spacesuit that Neil Armstrong wore to walk on the moon, because NASA built it to with a life expectancy of 6 months
b9OLp TIL if for some reason Johnny Depp wasn't available to play Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton's second choice would be The Rock
RnNl TIL the NRA is considered the most powerful lobbying group in America, and the majority of it’s income is through Membership Dues, not corporate donations.
x6vV0 TIL about Vortex I, the only state sponsored rock festival in US history. It was done in Oregon coinciding with a visit from President Nixon to support the Vietnam war as a distraction for anti-war protestors.
VQMk TIL Space Jam is the highest grossing basketball film ever made