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TIL American law used to require the mainstream media to be honest

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pYEOp TIL of Trofim Lysenko, an influential Soviet scientist who rejected genetics in favor of his own idiosyncratic, pseudoscientific ideas. These ideas led to catastrophic famines in the Soviet Union that killed millions of people, and was also adapted in China to similarly calamitous results.
neX0b TIL of the Judean Date Palm. An extinct palm variety that was revived using 2,000 year old seeds.
GAWpj TIL that the Ishmael books by Daniel Quinn inspired Morgan Freeman's involvement with nature documentaries.
JX4j TIL that to combat confusion, television broadcasts of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’ in Japan include text in the corner of the screen to remind viewers which level of the dream each scene takes place in.
wL6b7 TIL that Danone, the company known for yoghurt, has its own exclusive probiotic strain that it uses in it’s products.