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TIL the state of Mississippi allows you to drink alcohol WHILE driving, as long as you remain under the legal limit of .08 BAC.

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WkXm4 TIL in the 1862 Greek referendum to elect a new king, 1,763 voted for "a king", 482 voted "long live the three great powers", 93 voted "a republic", 3 people voted for Giuseppe Garibaldi and one person voted in favour of King Otto, the previous king who was just deposed and exiled
rMl1 TIL A man who was attacked and beaten outside of a bar turned into a math genius. Jason Padgett never made it past pre-algebra but after the injury, he began seeing the world in pixelated, geometrics shapes, understood the concept of pi and had a sudden ability to hand-draw complex fractals
wLxYM Today I learned that the original eraser was stale bread and erasers are pink because of pumice: Guide to Erasers
M7JL0 TIL : Orcas are targeting yachts to practice catching food.
Y7ylG TIL in 2009 Burger King ran the "Whopper sacrifice" campaign, which gave a free whopper to anyone who deleted 10 friends on Facebook. Facebook suspended the program because Burger King was alerting people letting them know they'd been dropped for a sandwich