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The decline in manufacturing employment had a disproportionately adverse impact on black Americans, leading to a widening gap between black and white Americans on numerous socio-economic measures.

I took my first ever deep-sky image just over two years ago. Here you can see the progress I have made throughout my hobby of astrophotography.

TIL The German word for "panic buying" is "Hamsterkauf."

Biden endorses Warren's bankruptcy plan, calling it 'one of the things that I think Bernie and I will agree on'

41% of Public More Likely to Support Universal Health Care Amid Pandemic

For everyone else who is also going cold turkey at the moment

I took two 180 degree panorama’s of the Milky Way 6 months apart and blended them together- Happy belated Pi Day [OC]

I teamed up with a fellow redditor to try and make the best moon shot we could. Here is the result!

TIL that Johnny Carson caused a nationwide toilet paper shortage in 1973 by claiming on national TV that there was a toilet paper shortage.

TIL that Commodus, a Roman emperor often portrayed in media as vile and cruel, would shoot hundreds of animals with arrows and javelins every morning, and fought as a gladiator every afternoon, winning all the fights. He was strangled by his wrestler partner and declared a public enemy post death.

TIL that Muhammed Ali was first directed to take up boxing at the age of 12 after his bicycle was stolen. Police officer and boxing coach Joe E. Martin met him fuming over the theft. Ali told Martin that he was going to “whup” the thief. Martin told him that he had better learn how to box first.

Chris Gayle Batting 20 Balls 51 Runs 104 Run's 43 Balls Not Out IPL 2019

Who knew?!

Not all young people are 'digital natives' – inequality hugely limits experiences of technology

LPT: Flex your leg muscles for a few moments when standing up after being in a hot tub or sitting for a while. It will prevent a head rush. Military pilots use a similar technique to keep from passing out at high g-forces.

LPT - When you are in the presence of someone who is sharing deep and personal info about someone else. It’s ok to tell them you don’t need to hear it.

Phallic Ice

Los Angeles Space X Falcon Heavy Rocket Launch

Child who tested positive for Coronavirus got Rudy Gobert's autograph last week - ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Rhode Island Child Tests Positive for COVID-19 Days After Receiving Jazz Player Autograph

When all sports are cancelled, you still have the IHPMHL

Apple is closing all of its stores outside of China until March 27

Aloneliness is a mismatch between the intention to spend time alone and the satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) of time spent alone. A high mismatch is linked to poor well-being but intentional solitude for peace and quiet is linked to improved well-being.

UK announces 2% digital services tax on Facebook, Google and Amazon

Trump announcement of Google coronavirus website shocks many, including Google

TIL, in 2014, after Bieber's arrest for DUI, "Deport Justin Bieber and revoke his green card" received almost 275,000 signatures. Petitions with 100,000 signatures require an official White House response. However, the WH's response was, "Sorry to disappoint, but we won't be commenting on this one."

TIL Ben Franklin was such an incredible swimmer that he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968.

Physicists Just Got The Most Accurate Estimate Yet For The True Size of Neutron Stars. The typical neutron star, which is about 1.4 times as heavy as our Sun, has a radius of about 11 kilometers.

LPT: If you have a Amazon return, do it through Kohl’s. They give you a 25% discount Kohl’s coupon with the return receipt.

Megathread: President Donald Trump Declares National Emergency Over Coronavirus Outbreak

'I didn't do it': Trump shuns responsibility for cutting pandemic team before White House cuts mic of reporter asking 'nasty question'

New study reveals ice ages over the last million years ended about 960,000 & 875,000 years ago.when the tilt angle of the Earth's axis was approaching high values. This produce warmer summers over the regions where the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets are situated, causing melting.

20 year old David Fifita with an excellent try

Laughs in British

LPT: When im sad i just go to "News" section and shake my phone. Try it out!

LPT In an emergency your home’s water heater can provide 30 to 80 gallons of fresh water for drinking or cooking.

TIL The huddle formation in American football was first used in the 1890s by quarterback Paul Hubbard,who was deaf. Hubbard was concerned the other team could interpret his hand signals, so he brought his teammates into a round formation to call plays.

TIL the original Xbox had actual recordings of the Apollo missions in the menu sounds

Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board

Zion Williamson will pay Smoothie King Center workers salaries after NBA season suspended

NASA finally unsticks burrowing Mars 'mole' with a push from the InSight lander

Meridiani Planum Crater of Mars

No one knows to this day

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'Unconscionable': Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Trump Moves to Take Food Stamps From Over a Million People

'We need to care for working people as much as we care for the stock market': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders blasted the Fed's $1.5 trillion injection

GOP Lawmaker Who Voted Against Paid Sick Leave in Florida Takes Paid Leave From Congress

Like Earth, Jupier's moon Europa has a tectonically active surface. Unlike Earth, that surface is a global ice shell covering a 50 mile deep global saltwater ocean that may host life. NASA is launching a mission in 2025, Europa Clipper, to investigate its habitability.

Simple Beginners Guide To Your First Telescope

LPT - food service workers are not always given time off and sometimes come to work sick.