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TIL about R. Budd Dwyer, and Pennsylvania politician who killed himself on live tv

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dDDKZ TIL the difference between news agencies (Reuters/AP) and news organizations (Fox/CNN). Agencies report and unbiasedly summarize news which organizations then buy and spin for their own audiences. So, if you want free, factual and unbiased reporting, you can just read reporting from an agency.
wLVgY TIL 3.5 billions of years ago a day only lasted 12h
oRgDL TIL Barnacles possess the largest penis-to-body size ratio of any known animal, up to eight times their body length.
ADv5w TIL in 1942 Nazi Germany began working on a long range bomber capable of striking the United States. A lack of materials and the worsening war situation caused the project to be abandoned.
Ldx0 TIL that scientists have found the second most widely used herbicide in the US has gotten into the water supply, causes sexual abnormalities in frogs, and is associated with birth defects in humans and animals