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TIL that Adam Savage, host of Mythbusters, wanted to disprove creationism on an episode of Mythbusters, saying, “I’m sick of fifty percent of this country thinking creationism is reasonable. It’s appalling.”

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XEXdk TIL the Peelian Principles, developed by Sir Robert Peel in 1829, express an approach to policing based in the idea that police exercise their powers to police their fellow citizens only with the implicit consent of those fellow citizens
OoQn1 TIL a study found that after nine months of living in Hawaii, mainland students’ views on race shifted noticeably
RrBj TIL Eminem wrote a song where he rhymed 4 different phrases with the term “orange juice”
wW5P TIL in 1940 two RAAF training planes collided in mid-air and as a result, locked together and formed a de-facto biplane. The “biplane” was landed safely by the pilot of the upper plane; there were no casualties.
Z8GOD TIL King Leopold of Belgium had between 1-15 million Congolese people murdered while he exploited their area for rubber