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TIL Lina Khan, the head of the FTC, was nominated for the position just 4 years after graduating law school

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WkMyo Today I Learned that Daylight Savings Time was first proposed by a man who, as he studied bugs after his shift-work job, wanted more daylight after work.
QJJXL TIL the band Steely Dan was named after an oversized, steam-powered strap-on dildo.
xAno TIL civilians in a McDonald’s once seized control of a NASA satellite using old radio parts from eBay and a salvaged flat screen TV.
m1Z0P TIL that about 15% of all Tyrannosaurus rex fossil specimens show signs of having been infected with or killed by trichomoniasis, a parasitic infection in the jaw that leaves visible holes in the bone. Modern-day birds, such as falcons and hawks, can suffer from similar trichomoniasis infections.
0wo81 [TIL] Australia is the smallest continent on Earth. Oceania on the other hand is a region made up of thousands of islands in the South Pacific and is not a continent.