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TIL in the USA, a candidate could win the electoral college while winning only about 22% of the nationwide popular vote.

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YpV6v TIL that dragonfly-like Meganeuropsis permiana which flew around 300 million years ago was 1.5 feet long with a wingspan of 2.5 feet. The biggest insect that has ever existed. If we cloned one today, it would probably suffocate because it needed the 30% Oxygen atmosphere present then (20% now).
E1D40 TIL that Best Buy removed the fighting video game “Primal Rage” from its shelves after an Arizona woman complained that her 11-year-old son had faithfully portrayed one of the game’s gorilla-like character’s “golden shower/urination” fatality move.
KOVQ4 TIL That the Average Lifespan of a Soldier in Stalingrad was 24 Hours
LmYr TIL Tesla Motors, and other companies run by Elon Musk, have been operating at a net loss for a decade and are heavily subsidized by the government (est. $4.9 billion)
KODMa TIL Pliny the Elder, the Roman author and philosopher, died after sailing on a rescue mission to Pompeii to save his friends from the eruption