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TIL per a report released by the federation of American scientists, the United States government produces more classified information then unclassified.

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V7gk TIL of “shifting baseline syndrome”, where large declines in ecosystems or species are masked as each subsequent generation redefines what they consider a ‘normal’ environment.
JZWl TIL Minor League baseball player Anthony Giansanti used to leave a ticket for Rhonda Rousey for all of his games, she never showed
9Gvm TIL that the Isley Brothers were the only group to have a top 50 Billboard hit in the ‘50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and the 2000s.
XBeD TIL Johnnie Cochrane, when asked if OJ was guilty, said “I wouldn’t believe him if he told me the sun was coming up again tomorrow morning.”
xVoR5 TIL of Thales of Miletus, a pre-Socratic individual credited with being the first philosopher ever, the first person to accurately predict a solar eclipse, and the first person in history to receive credit for a mathematical discovery.