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TIL that it used to be common for politicians to bribe voters with booze. It was called "swilling the planters with bumbo"

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le51 TIL that during WWII, Bicycle playing cards were made so that, when submerged in water, they could be peeled apart to reveal parts of a map inside. When all put together, they were a larger map. These decks were given to POWs, so that if they escaped, they would have a map.
YpmJr TIL about Brady Snakovsky, a 9 year old who was watching Live PD and noticed a K9 without a bulletproof vest on, so he made a go-fund-me with his mom to purchase a vest for the dog and instead raised over $80,000, which was used to create a legitimate charitable organization donating to police.
4XWVa TIL in countries such as Lebanon and Syria, marriage between Druze and non-Druze is banned and frowned upon, and a Lebanese man who married a Druze woman was kidnapped by her family, who beat him up, pulled out some of his teeth and cut off his dick.
x6Pa1 TIL: that in 1676 a nun wrote a letter while claiming to be possessed by the devil.
xVJW7 TIL the Supreme Court case which created the "fire in a crowded theater" quote was about draft protesters being arrested, and it was overturned more than 40 years ago.