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TIL A conservative majority Supreme Court has already previously handed the presidency over to the Republican candidate.

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low1a TIL in 400s BCE, Athens would herd citizens into a town hall assembly with red-stained ropes to get them to participate in the local Democracy. There was a fine if they got any red die on their clothes.
7bJM TIL Referring to police as “Five-O” derived from the name of the television series Hawaii Five-O. While they named it Hawaii Five-O in honor of Hawaii’s being the 50th state.
XELYP TIL The word villain comes from the Latin word villa. A villain is a person from the village or common folk. For the wealthy it came to represent the uncouth, treacherous or even a scoundrel or criminal.
9YALB TIL the voice actors of Mickey and Minnie Mouse were married in real life
0wAXj TIL Elizabeth II is officially Queen of 16 nations including Canada, Australia, Jamaica, PNG, and the Bahamas