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TIL Finland has been ranked to have worlds most free press 12 times since 2002 by Reporters Without Borders. USA ranked 41st in 2016.

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EJWd TIL that the feeling we get when we see something so cuddly that we want to squeeze it actually has a name. It’s called “cute aggression”.
nWJXd TIL when a newly discovered sponge-like fungi was named after SpongeBob SquarePants in 2011, a mycological research journal initially rejected the name for being “too frivolous”. When challenged, the scientists stood behind their discovery, saying “we’ll name it whatever we like”.
ep6WE TIL Caravaggio, pioneer of baroque art, had an extensive criminal record, most of it related to brawls and physical assault. He went on the run after being sentenced to beheading for murder, at which point his paintings repeatedly feautured severed heads, often his own
E1pmX TIL That Sean Connery's Son Jason Played Ian Fleming in a Biopic
N7kwQ TIL that the outermost part of the solar system, the Oort Cloud, has not been directly observed, but is hypothesized partly on the basis of long-period comets such as Halley's Comet