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#TodayILearned that taconite is low-grade sedimentary rock containing iron-bearing minerals mixed with other materials like quartz. #NFN

The Edmund Fitzgerald was overloaded by more than 1,000 tons so they could break a record. #TodayILearned #NFN

#TodayILearned that traces of flame retardants were found in Arctic wildlife in the mid-1990‘s. #NFN

#TodayILearned about the enormous progress made in antitrust regulation by the Biden administration, primarily because people were fighting hard for it. Going to try to hold onto that optimistic thought because I am, frankly, depressed AF by the actions of the Democrats.

Very readable and interesting book, though I'm not sure that helpful for the average non-techy person.

#NonFictionNovember @BookwormJillK
#MonthlyNonfiction2025 @julieclair

Two quotes from my reading this morning:

From Kamala‘s mother
“Kamala, don‘t ever let anyone tell you who you are. You tell them who you are.”

From Angela Merkel

“Don‘t you ever let them make you cry.”

#TodayILearned #NFN

#NonfictionNovember #NFN #TodayILearned

I had no idea that the above was done, not just in India, but at all

Today I learned about the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, which was created in the 1950s to fight desegregation and maintain White supremacy. I now know that their tactics helped to inspire the FBI to create COINTELPRO. #todayilearned #nfn #nonfictionnovember

https://www.dh-mdah.org/mssc-history
https://da.mdah.ms.gov/sovcom/

A pleasant-enough memoir about Colin Jost‘s childhood growing up on Staten Island and his journey to becoming a writer and “news” co-anchor on “Saturday Night Live.” #NonfictionNovember #NFN

#TodayILearned that Jost‘s mother, Dr. Kerry Kelly, the first female chief medical officer of the NYFD, was on site at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and narrowly escaped being killed when Tower 2 collapsed. Her life story is more interesting than his!