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TIL that there is an act called the “Read the Bills Act,” that would require the U.S. Congress to read the legislation of a bill before they vote on it. It has been in limbo since 2006.

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mx5my TIL after 30 WWII veterans in their mid-nineties were shown ‘Dunkirk,’ the general consensus among them was that they loved the film and thought it captured events very accurately, but “thought the soundtrack was louder than the actual bombardment.” The comment amused Nolan greatly.
gMJ58 TIL a 25-barrel gun was used in an assassination attempt on the King of France in 1835. It fired over 400 projectiles at once and killed 18 people. The assassin was badly injured by exploding barrels, and tracked down by the trail of blood.
8ZBK TIL of the existence of ‘Numbers Stations’; hundreds of shortwave radio stations featuring broadcasts of formatted numbers and sounds, which since the 1950’s, are believed to be addressed to intelligence officers operating in foreign countries.
b67W7 TIL In Confucianism, there are five grades of mourning obligation, depending on one's relation to the person that died. The death of one's mother or father requires 27 months of mourning while second cousins or first cousins once removed only require 3 months of mourning.
9Yll7 TIL Ryan Gosling turned down a spot in The Backstreet Boys b/c he thought they were a rip off of the NKOTB.