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TIL Virginia rounds up its sex offenders to be held at the courthouse during trick-or-treating hours.

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0wwPp TIL that the papal election of 1268 lasted 3 years and eventually the roof of the building they were locked in was removed to speed up the election. The election lasted so long that 3 cardinal electors died and 1 resigned during it.
9mlX TIL that Reindeer are the only mammals that can see ultraviolet light.
xVkw5 TIL that the earliest flush toilets were used by the people of the Indus Valley Civilization (existing from approx. 3300 BC - 1700 BC). Almost every home in the ancient cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa had a flush toilet connected to a common sewage system.
R5Vjj TIL of Tuxedo Stan, a cat that ran for mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was eventually unable to run because of a lack of a birth certificate.
x6K1D TIL in Han China there were two men with the same name (Han Xin) at the same time who had very similar life trajectories. Both fought the Qin dynasty and joined the Han, both were given vassal kingdoms due to military achievements, and both were killed in 196 BC in connection with the same rebellion