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TIL that every county in New York voted republican in the 1924 election and that it was the last time that it has happened in a presidential election.

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wLX9P A new study published February 15 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society finds that the Andromeda galaxy is actually around the same size as our own galaxy. Scientists previously thought Andromeda was about two to three times the size of the Milky Way, and that it would one day swallow us up in a galactic smashup billions of years away. But researchers using a technique to measure “the speed required to escape a galaxy” have figured out why Andromeda is smaller than research has suggested, according to the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR). This could seriously change the outcome of that eventual merger.
0waJN TIL former NFL player Eugene Robinson was arrested in a prostitution sting the night before his team the Atlanta Falcons were going to play in the Super Bowl. Earlier on the day of his arrest, he was awarded the Bart Starr Award which is given to the player who best exemplifies outstanding character
KYL8w TIL Mark Ruffalo woke from a dream that told him he had a brain tumor. He got a CT scan the following day confirming he had a benign tumor behind his left ear. The tumor was removed, and he is deaf in that ear as a result of the surgery.
BgmED TIL that in the 1400s, China, after building the world’s most advanced navy, turned inward under a form of Chinese isolationism called Haijin (sea ban). Fearing foreign influence, leaders banned private trade, large ships, and dismantled the fleet, missing centuries of growth.
N4NQ TIL that in the US men make up 92% of workplace deaths