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TIL that having sisters makes men more likely to be conservative.

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GYbkg TIL that most of the states in the US are shaped, at least in part, by having borders along rivers. Only five of the 50 states lack any river borders: Colorado, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, and Hawaii.
OPWa TIL the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh are currently en route to Pluto - the planet he discovered
OG4PL TIL That during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, a black bear and incorrect wiring sounded a claxon that caused nuclear armed F-106 fighters to scramble from a base in Wisconsin. It was found to be a false alarm as the planes were already rolling towards takeoff.
DalY TIL that the japanese didn’t just have suicide pilots but they had suicide submarine captains that would guide torpedoes into allied ships.
L5Vv TIL that the National Archives keeps the Nixon White House tapes in a climate controlled vault with hopes that future technological developments could allow for restoration of 18 ½ minutes of missing audio that may have been deliberately erased