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TIL that North Korea has a policy of mandatory voting to elect its legislature…but each ballot has only a single candidate on it.

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OoNJa TIL Cats are not dogs! In Mild Disbelief
LQg49 TIL Pizza wasn't popular in Italy until it was popular in America. It was just a cheap peasant street food in Naples for centuries. Southern Italian Americans, being richer in America than back home, made more elaborate pizzas. Italians then started making pizza to cater to American tourists.
LQbap TIL "doughface" was a term used in the years leading up to the U.S. Civil War to describe Northern politicians who favored Southern positions in political disputes.
RLWj TIL President Reagan once wrote a letter to a boy who was requesting federal funds to clean his room.
YpbpW TIL there are no regulations on what side the fuel tank door is on cars, it’s simply chosen by how the car is put together.