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TIL Politicians in Kentucky must swear an oath that they’ve never participated in a duel before taking office

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Ol8R TIL that at the 2012 International Shooting Grand Prix gold medalist Maria Dmitrienko of Kazakhstan had to listen to the entire parody of O’ Kazakhstan from Borat. The incident resulted from the wrong song being downloaded from YouTube at the last minute. Senior officials of Kazakhstan were furious
GAgKE TIL Michael J. Fox's first role was in a Canadian series called Leo and Me. Four of the 125 people on the show's set, including Fox, developed early-onset Parkinson's — a disease that usually has an incidence rate of about one in 300.
8ar0G TIL there are over 35,000 islands in The Great Lakes of North America.
PYrjZ TIL Newborn infants are tagged on the ankle so they do not get stolen from the hospital
69dv8 TIL: Apples are only in season between Sept and Nov but Controlled Atmosphere Storage has allowed us to consume apples all year round.