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TIL about the Finkbeiner Test, which is used avoid gender bias in science related journalism by asking the author to avoid mentioning a female scientist's child care arrangements, her husband's job and other topics not germane to the article.

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DQadV TIL people gave fast-food hamburgers to rural crows to try to find out why urban crows are getting high cholesterol
l0Rr TIL that Choco Pies are banned in North Korea because they were getting too popular, and Kim Jung-un feared they would cause an uprising. Because of this, South Korea packed many Choco Pies in balloons and sent them over the boarder to North Korea.
6E0M8 TIL in 2005, Astronaut Stephen Robinson had to fix the Shuttle Discovery in orbit to make it to Earth alive. Material sticking out between the heat panels had to be removed to avoid burning up on re-entry. He improvised tools, including a saw made with duct tape, and removed it on a spacewalk.
VLE0 TIL The view that men suppress female sexuality is contradicted by some findings. Evidence shows that women have worked to stifle each other’s sexuality because sex is a limited resource that women use to negotiate with men, and scarcity gives women an advantage.“
e0XP6 TIL that Fans of Mass Effect trolled Bioware by sending them 400 cupcakes with the message "The cakes are vanilla, and so is all the icing... no matter what choice you make, it'll all have the same generic flavor."