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TIL: A Sixth-grader's science fair project discovered that Truvia sweetener is a insecticide

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M7rxb TIL that the US government no longer uses the term Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), the preferred term is Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP, which previously stood for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), since UFOs are a source of ridicule due to their popular association with alien spacecraft
6R4Y TIL a koi fish named Hanako lived for 225 years
E1Ow0 TIL that Stalin, while in his mid 30s, had an affair with a 13 year old girl and got her pregnant twice.
yVVl TIL the Partnership for a Drug Free America, who created the “this is your brain on drugs” ad, has received several million dollars from major pharmaceutical, tobacco and alcohol corporations
aw6EJ TIL: One of the only top executives to be imprisoned for the Volkswagen Emissions scandal was arrested due to a fluke. Having been transferred back to Germany, he came to the United States for a vacation with his wife and was seized as he waited for a departing flight in Miami.