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TIL John Stewart is considered a more trustworthy news source than MSNBC. Source chart and data on page 36.

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YpBpx TIL Morton's fork is a type of false dilemma in which contradictory observations lead to the same conclusion. Asserting that a person suspected of a crime who is acting nervously must have something to hide, while a person who acts calmly and confidently must be skilled at hiding something.
ykje TIL that one of America’s first serial killers built a maze above a drug store with over 100 windowless rooms, where he would trap, torture, and murder his victims.
16ZjX TIL that the song "My Way" by Frank Sinatra is banned is most karaoke bars in the Philippines due to a social phenomenon called the "My Way Killings."
ANYJl TIL Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII Philopator) had only 6 great-great-grandparents instead of the standard 16. Also, prior to her famous romances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, she was married to her brothers, who were both named Ptolemy.
6Vbl TIL the algorithm the ants use to discover how much food there is available is essentially the same as that Internet protocols use to discover how much bandwidth is available for transferring a file.