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TIL that 3 academics used writings from Mein Kampf (with wording changed) to write 20 papers, which promoted feminist ideologies to show biases in ideology based subjects. 7 of the papers got published by top journals.

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0Dkp TIL that the anecdote that says a frog will jump out of a pot of boiling water if thrown in, but sit in a pot of water as it is slowly brought to a boil has been shown to be untrue by modern biologists.
mvdY TIL that the staff of How I Met Your Mother created over 20 sites that tie in with the show.
NXpJe TIL “Counter-Strike” the game started as a mod for Half-Life. The mod was originally developed in 1999, before Valve hired the developers, acquiring the IP rights and releasing the game as a separate franchise in 2000.
jNEyj TIL of Benjamin Lay, an 18th century Quaker dwarf with a hunchback who challenged the ideas of slavery, meat-eating, and racism. He also lived in a cave with his wife. (There is truly a lid for every pot.)
JYBe8 TIL of the bristlecone pine forests in California whose trees are the oldest living organisms on the planet. At 4800 years old, some of the pines growing there today began growing before the pyramids were built.