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TIL that North Carolina banned using the latest climate change science to help plan for coastal policies and sea level rise.

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j6NdQ TIL the United States invaded Panama in 1989 to depose its leader Manuel Noriega
ZpRXG TIL that actor Jeff Daniels had a newly-discovered worm named after him in honor of his role in the 1990 horror comedy, Arachnophobia. The worm, Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi, is one of only two known worms known to infect tarantulas.
OkO6 TIL The US Government presumes a business to be “socially and economically disadvantaged” if it’s owner is Black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian, or a Woman.
8VWZ TIL Flags fly at half-mast to make room for the “invisible Flag of Death” above
kOM5B TIL that World War II veteran Don Karkos had the sight in one of his eyes miraculously restored when a racehorse accidentally hit him in that eye and dislodged the shrapnel that had caused his blindness.