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TIL Australia has a tradition called “democracy sausage” where poll workers have a sausage sizzle outside the polling place

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7rD1b TIL NASA used IQ tests for determining which applicants will ultimately become astronauts
1ayAW TIL of the oldest human structure. Predating Mesopotamian civilization and Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Gobekli Tepe. Researchers determined a pillar (pillar 43) depicts a comet colliding with Earth over 10,000 years ago causing a millennia of global cooling.
E0v0 TIL John Gotti’s neighbor accidentally ran over and killed Gotti’s son. He was abducted 3 months later and never heard from again.
awmMN TIL That In The Last 15 Years There Has Been A Quarter Of A Dozen Reported Cases of Office Chairs Exploding (2 Critical Injuries & 1 Fatality)
dDrWK TIL The Great Pyramid of Giza actually has 8 sides. It can only be seen from above, when the sunlight hits at the right angle, and was discovered by accident in 1940 by an RAF pilot flying overhead.