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TIL of a tradition in the United States Senate whereby a senator who sits at a particular desk near a busy entrance keeps a drawer full of candy for members of the body.

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OGE5X Today I learned that between 1912 and 1946, ART was an actual olympic sport
4XerN TIL that an 18-year-old girl called Rae Heim ran across America almost entirely barefoot. She only wore shoes on some hard terrain. She ran 3,437.5 miles in 8 months and raised more than $10,000 for charity. She started running barefoot at 16 after breaking a big toe, and kept it up after it healed.
LQolp TIL that a season of Super Sentai (The show that Power Rangers take fight footage from) ended with a ranger getting killed by a mugger.
b66pE TIL In 2009, two Northwest pilots had their licenses revoked (for at least one year) after they overflew the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport by 150 miles and had to turn around. Pilots said that they were using their laptops in the cockpit and lost track of time and place.
6EpGl TIL that the crown of Romania is made from steel taken from a cannon captured during their war of independence from the Ottomans