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TIL the radio observatory that detected "The Wow! Signal" was dismantled to build a golf course.

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OoXJL Today I learned: Extremely out of date bananas are superior to fresh Bananas in a smoothie. Overall taste is amplified with the sweetness from the stale(but perfectly Safe) banana. The texture also becomes a lot smoother thus increasing the overall smoothie experience.
M7kJa TIL with only room for 35 characters, the state of Hawaii refuses to put Janice Lokelani Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele's full name on her driver's license.
9XQ7 TIL a nutrition professor lost 27 pounds off of a “Convencience Store” diet of Twinkies, Doritos, and sugary cereals in order to prove that weight loss relied on caloric intake, not nutrition.
ADGdl TIL The notion of an "objective" media was a commercial product that only evolved in the late 1800s as newspapers shifted from partisan to nonpartisan in order to attract larger audiences from both parties and to sell these readers’ attention to advertisers.
69Dp8 TIL about the Woman's Day Massacre in my hometown of Youngstown, Ohio. June 17, 1937 that killed two steel workers and injured 23 people.