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TIL those maple seed "helicopters" are called samaras!

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9jAX TIL that while projections show Islam and Christianity having population booms into 2050, atheism is expected to dwindle as time goes on. The main reason is atheists have extremely low fertility rates in comparison to Christians and Muslims.
VMMrG TIL Hollywood briefly experimented with an interactive movie format akin to "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale wrote a film and directed a film called "Mr. Payback" in which audience members were able to choose what happened next. The results were disastrous.
PJxw TIL in 2004 a French fishing trawler was lost with all hands when a suspected nuclear submarine became entangled in its nets
WkBnX TIL that Chiropractic Medicine is pure quackery!
l7eQr TIL that of the 50 current state governors in the United States, 1 is from the Silent Generation, 28 are Baby Boomers, 20 are Generation X, and 1 is a Millennial.