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TIL: Creationism is alive and well with 2 in 5 Americans believing humans have only been around for the past 10,000 yrs

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JQK1 TIL the famed black opera singer, Marian Anderson, while performing at Princeton’s concert Hall, was refused lodging at the nearest inn because of her race. Upon hearing this, one local invited her to stay at his home. That man’s name? Albert Einstein.
Brx9y TIL that a "moment" is a medieval unit of time equivalent to about 90 seconds today.
n6VB TIL just months after the Hiroshima bombing, Kix cereal offered an atomic-bomb-shaped ring in exchange for a box-top and 15 cents. Each contained a glowing sample of polonium.
W7Za9 TIL that about 25% of the decline of casual sex among young men since 2007 can be explained by video games.
OGL4R TIL Ronald Reagan's speechwriter Peter Robinson originally intended for him to deliver the famous line "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" in German. Robinson thought the big line should be about opening the Brandenburg Gate because he argued that is an even bigger symbol to the Germans