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TIL Republicans and Democrats used to switch symbolic colors until the 2000 presidential election

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nWoMP TIL the difference between dinner and supper. Dinner was the largest meal of the day - historically, lunch was called dinner. However, dinner slowly migrated later in the day until it overlapped with supper.
roD4 TIL in 2012 a Chinese father hired gamers to ‘kill’ his son in-game repeatedly to stop his gaming addicition
7rE5p TIL cupped pepperoni slices have a predetermined direction to form their cups, but the direction of heat from your oven overrides their natural tendencies
BraRy TIL in 2016, Capt Bertrand Piccard was the first person to fly around the world in a plane powered entirely by the sun; 25k miles w/o a drop of fuel. His great uncle, Jean Felix Piccard, was a high-altitude balloonist and inspired Gene Roddenberry to create the STNG character Capt Jean-Luc Picard.
PlAZ TIL 360 people on average die in police chases in the US every year, 1/3 being innocent bystanders. There is no mandatory reporting system, so it is speculated this number is 3-4 times higher.