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TIL that the ACLU has filed a lawsuit defending the KKK’s right to participate in Georgia’s Adopt-A-Highway program

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GYZn7 TIL a researcher spent her career studying what differentiates successful from unsuccessful people. She found grit, which she defines as "passion and perseverance for long-term goals", to be the main determinant of success, at least as good as IQ or socio-economic status at predicting life outcomes.
1aaA8 TIL: In the state of Maryland, one is required to declare a "belief in the existence of God" in order to serve any public/elected office of profit or trust. (Article 37 of the state constitution)
8ZVP TIL when the US Navy refused to cooperate during the filming of the movie Crimson Tide, filmmakers waited outside Pearl Harbor for a submarine to head to sea and chased it with a boat and helicopter to get the shot of it submerging.
VN7k TIL that Edward Bulwer-Lytton - known as the ‘worst writer in history’ - coined the phrase “the pen is mightier than the sword”
Zy8o TIL the White House functions like a luxury hotel and at the end of each month, the President receives a bill for his food and incidental expenses