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TIL California's original Constitution required that all bills be written in Spanish and English

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D1yxY TIL that the Romans kept and cared for sacred geese in a temple, who then alerted them to an attack by invading Gauls, saving the city.
KYKN6 TIL when Theodore Roosevelt won the popular vote in the 1904 election, he won by the largest popular vote margin since James Monroe in 1820.
lo1LG TIL the elephant's closest relative is the manatee.
6EyRw TIL that a ton of old mobile phones has 100 times the concentration of gold found in an actual gold mine.
grvmy TIL the Swedish military goes by mission command rather than chain of command. Meaning orders & rules can be ignored if they interfere with objectives. This led to some friction in Bosnia as Nordbat 2 would ignore UNs rules of engagement to obtain the primary objective of preserving civilian lives.