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TIL Oregon has exclusively voted by mail since 1998.

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e0MVg TIL that by far the most successful predator with a 90-95% success rate when hunting, is the dragonfly. This is in large part due to a combination of very high speed and their ambush strategy, allowing them to rush down insects before they know what to do.
KY6BJ TIL that there is a species of snake named after Professor Farnsworth from Futurama
gMGo9 TIL new car smell is created when volatile organic compounds from adhesives and sealants used in car manufacturing emit noxious gas into the car, known as off-gassing. Individually they aren’t harmful, but together they could cause health problems by long-term exposure.
4jl5 TIL that the CIA conducted experiments on French citizens during the 50’s that involved spraying LSD onto unsuspecting towns. Resulting in numerous injuries and deaths.
RM19 TIL that while Pixar was making Toy Story 2, someone accidentally ran a Unix command which deleted the film’s data. It was restored thanks to an animator who kept a copy of the data at home so she could work on the movie while caring for her new baby.