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TIL David Ortiz once finished 3rd in the Boston mayoral race solely through write in votes

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m1wGx TIL Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was first cousins with six other European monarchs: King George V (UK), Kaiser Wilhelm II (Germany), King Haakon VII and Queen Maud (Norway), King Christian X (Denmark), and King Constantine I (Greece).
W7YPX TIL that Suddam Hussain personally responded to a letter he received after 9/11 from a United States citizen. He offered his condolences and explained his initial reaction.
N7ND1 TIL Shakira is an impressive polyglot. She is fluent in Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Catalan
LA9p TIL - Scientists can accurately recover sound in a video that has been recorded without audio, just by observing the micro-vibrations of inanimate objects in that video.
pYane TIL that in 1938 the Italian Fascist Government forbade the publishing of American comic stories except Disney stories, Mussolini's children liked Mickey Mouse