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TIL Joseph Stalin banned the field of genetics as capitalistic 'bourgeois pseudoscience', with fatal consequences for many Soviet scientists.

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VMOYk Today I learned that all of Jimmy Carter’s siblings died because of pancreatic cancer, including their father.
LkAPZ TIL: A Harvard study found that graduate students are 3 time more likely to have depression than the average American. It suggest that this is due to doctoral students being overworked and underpaid and questioning "what is my purpose?"as most don't know when they have researched enough.
4XQ8w TIL about the treeless tundra town of Nome Alaska, who's residents create their own Nome National Forest on the frozen sea out of their discarded Christmas trees. The tradition has fallen out of practice but has recently been reborn through pressure from the Mayor.
ewmD TIL the “water boatman” is the loudest animal in the world, making 20 more decibels of noise than a freight train using only it’s penis
QNDJa TIL The Thonet No. 14 chair was the first mass-produced piece of furniture. The ease of production came from the wood being curved an iron mold. Over 50 million of these chairs have been sold since the invention in 1859.