June 24, 2025
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On This Day
1982 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that no president could be sued for damages connected to actions taken while serving as President of the United States.
Fact of the Day
The Alaska Permanent Fund was established in 1976 and is currently worth $64 billion. Funded by oil and mining revenues, it pays out an average of $1,600 annual to each resident.
Nature Oddities
When the eggs of desert locusts dry out, their hatchlings emerge already carrying a pocket of yolk in their guts, a phenomenon dubbed the “lunchbox strategy.” With their first meal taken care of, the babies have more energy to find plants.
Food and Drink
Button mushrooms, which are white, are just immature portobello mushrooms. They account for 90% of the mushroom production in the U.S., making it an almost $1 billion industry.