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TIL in the USA, a candidate can win the presidential election with only 23% of the popular vote

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WkmY8 TIL Macauque monkeys at a temple in Bali have learned to steal electronics and other valuable items, in order to ransom them for food they perceive to be especially valuable.
vlP7 TIL that from 1995 to 2000, the winner of the McDonald’s Monopoly grand prize was an insider tasked with producing the game pieces.
va64 TIL that the nonprofit Goodwill pays its disabled workers pennies an hour while the CEO makes up to a quarter of a million dollars a year, all because of a 75 year old federal loophole.
mNJR TIL that New York Fries, one of the most popular fries/poutine fast food chains in Canada, ironically doesn’t exist in the U.S.
M8v8 TIL that “Tory”, the common term for a member of the British conservative party, is derived from the Irish word “tóraí”, meaning outlaw, criminal