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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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4XJ96 TIL that flatfish (turbot, sole, halibut, etc) start off round but then morph into flat bodies, with their eye coming around to the other side of their head. (Video of this linked.)
P105O TIL that clown college was actually real and in some years they had a lower acceptance rate than Harvard.
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GwlN TIL that the oldest continuously serving navy in the world belongs to Portugal.