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TIL that the first woman elected as a state senator in the US was a Mormon who practiced polygamy and won the election by defeating her own husband as her opponent.

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bmPj TIL that when a suicide bomber tried to enter an Israeli supermarket, the security guard stopped her and said, “You will not enter the market. You and I will blow up here.”
QN8AX TIL about Bo Gritz, a former US Army veteran who, in 1992, ran for president under the campaign slogan "God, Guns, and Gritz."
gVGy TIL the “Nigerian Prince” scam is deliberately crafted with an outlandish premise and using poor english, because by sending an email that repels all but the most gullible the scammer gets the most promising marks to self-select, reducing “false positive” responses and increasing profitability
LoXv TIL The South Pole experiences a 6-month period of darkness, during which scientists at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station have a tradition of watching The Thing, a movie about a humanoid alien who attacks an Arctic research outpost.
0rGN TIL that as Jiffey Lube was recommending 3,000 mile oil change intervals, they also happened to be owned by the Shell Oil Company. A 5,000 mile oil change is considered an early one, by most vehicle manufactures.