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TIL that FOX News watchers scored less than no news watchers when asked domestic and international policy questions.

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YpW6r TIL why it is a bad idea to offer sugar water on a permanent base to bees. It is junk food for the bees, and they will tell their bodies at the hive as well where they can find it. I will just stick to pure water, and you should, too:) inspired by finding an exhausted bee yesterday in our window :(
oB1QA TIL of the Taichang Emperor, a Chinese emperor in 1620 who reigned for just 29 days after falling ill from "excessive sexual indulgence after he was presented with eight maidens". Shortly after, he would experience severe diarrhea after taking a laxative which would ultimately lead to his death.
aQMZ TIL all of our terrestrial radio and television broadcasts become indistinguishable from background noise at only a few light years away from the Earth thanks to the inverse square law
WkVnL TIL the word mile originates from the measurement of one thousand paces of a Roman soldier (mille passus)
XDZX TIL that strongest predictor of the obesity rise in the US is the decline in cigarette smoking (when considering between employment, physical activity at work, food prices, the prevalence of restaurants, cigarette smoking, cigarette prices and taxes, food stamp receipt, and urbanization.)