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TIL John Stewart read every book from the authors he had on The Daily Show.

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VJA4 TIL Pakistan, Iran, and 12 other Muslim countries support the teaching of evolution, including human evolution.
kOwl1 TIL The United States Marine Corps emblem has a globe showing the western hemisphere, while the Royal Marines emblem has a globe showing (most of) the eastern hemisphere. Between the two, they cover the whole globe.
Z86xR TIL from 1777 to 1870, Vermont had a fourth branch of government called the Council of Censors. It consisted of 13 members, elected every 7 years, who had to check if "the legislative and executive branches have performed their duty as guardians of the people." They could also amend the constitution
p8Ll4 TIL a bus driver in Paris kicked all the passengers out when they refused to make space for a wheelchair bound man
NExM TIL that the awesome 3-D sound we had in ‘90s games used binaural technology, but new games can’t use it because of patent issues.