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TIL that pigs have rings in the side of their nostrils to keep them from rooting

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WKOY TIL the Soviet Union promoted junk science to such an extent that it spawned a new word - “Lysenkoism” - which is used metaphorically to describe the manipulation or distortion of the scientific process as a way to reach a predetermined conclusion as dictated by an ideological basis.
eRRL TIL illegal downloading of songs, games and software may cost you a job at the Central Intelligence Agency as they do look into your history of it
vPE58 TIL about the Tyndall effect, which is light scattering by particles in a colloid such as a very fine suspension.
Odba TIL that a child was prosecuted as an adult for having naked images of himself on his own phone
k0xd TIL approximately 4% of the US population is arrested every year.