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TIL that Bob Dole’s ‘96 election site is still live.

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YVjr TIL the wheel was invented thousands of years after boats, woven cloth, rope, sewing needles, baskets and even the flute.
QNLea TIL about the pumpkin toadlet, a tiny Brazilian toad that due to its tiny ear canal makes it terrible at hopping
eBy4 TIL when Pope John XXIII was once asked, “How many people work in the Vatican?” John replied, “About half.”
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