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President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the government will forgive up to $10,000 in [federal student loan debt](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/biden-student-loans-debt-forgiveness) for Americans making less than $125,000 per year.  
Over the last four decades, the cost of attending a US college has [skyrocketed by 169%](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/02/the-gap-in-college-costs-and-earnings-for-young-workers-since-1980.html), while earnings for people in their 20s have only risen by about 19%. About 1 in 5 Americans have debt from federal student loan programs, owing more than [$1.6 trillion collectively](https://educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-statistics).

$125,000

What is the salary cutoff for the Biden administration forgiving $10,000 in federal student loans?

PFAS have been used in everything from plastic wrappers to clothing for years now, and experts believe they remain in our bloodstreams and the environment indefinitely. [Discovering how to break down this synthetic compound](https://grist.org/science/pfas-not-forever-after-all/) offers a "glimmer of hope" for the future of combatting pollution, Grist reports.

per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Scientists have just discovered a low-tech way to destroy PFAS, aka "forever chemicals," which were previously thought to permanently contaminate the environment. What does PFAS stand for?

Cheyney University was [founded in 1837](https://cheyney.edu/who-we-are/the-first-hbcu/), before the Civil War. [According to NPR](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/15/1117437412/hbcu-black-students-applications-enrollments-increase), HBCUs saw a surge of applications following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, with enrollment increasing by as much as 9% across schools.

1830s

Applications to historically Black colleges and universities are on the rise again, after years of decline. When were America's first HBCUs founded?

The 8-year-old from Menomonie, Wisconsin, was announced Sunday as the [winner in the kids division for the USA Mullet Championships](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/mullet-boy-championship-emmitt-bailey).  
  
“It’s cool that so many people tell you that you got sweet hair," Emmitt told BuzzFeed News.

Emmitt Bailey

Who was crowned the USA mullet champion of 2022?

It kills me that I'm going to have to watch this show despite [never receiving closure or peace](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paigeskinner/house-of-the-dragon-premiere-ratings) from the end of _Game of Thrones_. Anyway, valar morghulis!

10 million

GoT spinoff _House of the Dragon_ broke the HBO's new series viewing record on Sunday. How many people tuned in to watch?

The world's tiniest and most endangered sea turtle, [Kemp's ridley sea turtles](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle-endangered-nesting-louisiana-again/), were spotted on the Chandeleur Islands after being on the brink of extinction for decades, CBS reports.

sea turtles

For the first time in 75 years, officials have spotted what tiny sea creature on Louisiana's coastal islands?

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