Today I Learned the United States government health bureaucracy actively suppressed evidence that monkey viruses were likely causing cancer in people who received a Polio vaccine developed using monkey cells.

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Today I learned that despite sitting on 1/3 of the world's Uranium reserves and being a significant exporter of U, nuclear electricity generation is banned in all the States of Australia.

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Against the law? Again, not exactly: persuading someone to invest in something and having them do it willingly is legal. Yes, it’s shady, unethical, and reckless, but not illegal. The Dinar Gurus, like most financial con artists, use a variety of strategies to defraud individuals of their hard-earn

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TIL That a vegan diet negatively impacts surgical recovery

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'Night Witches' 🧙‍♀️ were an all-female pilot regiment who flew under the cover of darkness in bare-bones plywood planes, bombing💣 Nazis during WWII. Their planes made whooshing sounds similar to a sweeping broom 🧹, leading to the Germans coining their nickname, Nachthexen AKA The Night Witches.

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TIL Wiltold Pilecki voluntarily was captured by Nazi’s during WWII in order to infiltrate Auschwitz. Concentration camps were known, but the true atrocities were not. He collected intelligence under bad conditions. Then somehow escaped and reported his findings to Poland and subsequently the world.

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TIL Simo Hayha was a fearless Finnish military sniper known as the “White Death” during the 1939-40 Winter War. Estimations vary, but Simo has been attributed between 300-800 kills while fighting in the harsh, frozen, Finnish territory. Shockingly, he never used a scope (wtf!) All kills = no scopes.

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TIL After the collapse of ISIS in Syria, Turkey has been invading and taking territory in Northern Syria

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TIL who Whoopi Goldberg's character on Star Trek TNG was named for

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TIL that it is illegal to trade onion futures in the United States due to the 1958 Onion Futures Act, after two traders in 1955 purchased 98% of the onions in Chicago and subsequently crashed onion prices while holding short positions on onion futures.

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TIL of Ken Allen, a Borneo orangutan in the San Diego Zoo who escaped his enclosure three times. He never acted aggressively towards anyone during his escapes, and generally wandered around the zoo looking at other animals.

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TIL that squirrels plant thousands of trees per year simply by forgetting where they hid their nuts! — Steemit

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TIL in Alabama they charged the wardens with enforcing all state game and fish laws. As incentive, the officers could keep a small portion of any fines collected from violators they caught.

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Bad Packaging Causes Wrap Rage

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Wikipedia has a "List of unusual deaths" that features a Bilderberger

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Not eligible for release from prison because he's *not* a convicted criminal. WTF?

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Sinking of the Oceanos Cruise Ship

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The New Supercontinent of Amasia

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TIL How to attract attention in three seconds

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TIL that in 2003, two men flew a Boeing 727 away from an Angolan airport and it has never been seen since.

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Me & My Sister were created to test a highly nuanced difference between ideologies...

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TIL the fedora was originally a woman's hat, m'lady

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Today I learned that in 2018 there were 424,066 Reports of Missing Children Made to US Law Enforcement.

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30 Quotes Guaranteed To Make You Fall In Love With Lifelong Learning

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300+ Best Educational Websites: The Ultimate Collection (2019)

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Why Being A Lifelong Learner May Fail You (Lifelong Learning Mistake)

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13 Learning Methods To Learn Smarter And Grow Faster (Active Vs Passive Learning)

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TIL why it is always a mistake to apologize to an SJW

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How To Educate Yourself: Get The Most Out Of Reading In Less Time

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After 15-20 years with Bittersweet Seeds as title of my epic story, I'd never looked it up. Today I learned that "bittersweet" is a pinkish-orange colour (#FE6F5E), the name of a plant of a similar hue, _Celastrus orbiculatus_, a family of clams, and nightshade.

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How To Create Your Personal Development Plan In 5 Steps To Maximize Your Potential

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10 Common Carcinogens You Should Know About

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TIL the board game "Snakes and Ladders" or "Chutes and Ladders" was invented in the 2nd Century in India

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After cultivating a 3.5 million-year-old strain of bacteria found in Siberian permafrost, a scientist then injected himself with it for no real reason

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30 Life Changing Books Recommended By 647 Successful People

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Seattle is Dying [sawboss warning: This is a propaganda piece]

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How "America's First Drug Czar" Waged War Against Billie Holiday and Other Jazz Legends

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How To Find Yourself And Build Limitless Confidence In Yourself

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How To Stop Wasting Time Immediately And Do What Truly Matters

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How To Develop The Self-Awareness Skill (Top Benefits & Dumb Mistakes)

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TIL of sick building syndrome

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TIL about /s/TIL

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TIL that when cable was introduced it was advertised as having no commercials due to being a paying service.

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TIL the massive importance of netiquette.

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Good Life Quotes: Top 10 Quotes For Living A Good Life

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10 Stages Of Creating Masterpieces In Your Crowded Field

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Today I learned that mollusks are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all named marine organisms, including 85,000 species. Clams, mussels, snails, squid, and octopuses are all mollusks.

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TIL The Great Salt Lake is half blue/green/ half red/pink

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TIL that I am a Cysmale.

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How To Love Your Job Even When You Hate Your Job | Design Epic Life

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