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TIL that 1 in 4 Americans could not answer correctly that the Earth revolves around the sun (npr.org, 2014)

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e0gPD Contrary to long-standing theory, organized religion appeared long before cultures began adopting agriculture.
wL116 TIL Cannabis (hemps or weed) is one of the closest living relatives to roses, both being in the Rosales clade
4bEw TIL that C.S. Lewis entered a civil marriage with a woman so she could avoid deportation. Then, after she developed terminal cancer, they eventually fell in love and re-married while she was in the hospital. They were married for three years before she passed away.
Bra7b TIL of Godwin's Law which asserts: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches
LQA79 TIL Aftershocks from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 are still occurring, with the most recent being a magnitude 7.0 in 2021.