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TIL: In the state of Maryland, one is required to declare a "belief in the existence of God" in order to serve any public/elected office of profit or trust. (Article 37 of the state constitution)

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p80ZA TIL that the first recorded example of written Finnish dates back to c. 1450 and reads: "I want to speak Finnish, [but] I am not able to".
VMyG4 TIL South Park character ‘Towelie’ begun on a boat trip the creators took; on which, people were constantly saying: “don’t forget to bring a towel”. Becoming more aware of how merchandised and exploited their creations had become, they then decided to satirically create the “worst character ever”.
YlJG TIL that between 1996 and 2001, Afghanistan had no national anthem because the taliban had banned music altogether.
dDxvK TIL - A Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis beat them up/brawler game featuring a digitized Steven Seagal was supposed to be released in 1994 but the studio ran out of money.
9yR6 TIL, that the first President born in the US, Spoke Dutch as his first language