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TIL despite being home to Las Vegas, lotteries have been banned in Nevada since its statehood in 1864.

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6E1g7 TIL Shrek dominated the 2002 BAFTA Awards: it received 6 nominations including Best Film and Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Murphy is the only actor to ever be nominated for a voice-over performance), and went to win the award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the only animated movie to do so.
4Xoxo TIL the UK gameshow 'Mastermind' is inspired by Gestapo interrogations
xyJ7 TIL a man robbed a bank by pretending to be a public health official and giving a fatal dose of cyanide to all 16 people in the bank under the pretense of a routine dysentery innoculation
GY8MG TIL There are an estimated 40 quadrillion black holes in the observable universe.
awJL9 TIL the Cassandra metaphor occurs when valid warnings are dismissed. The Greek god Apollo gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy, but she refused his love so he placed a curse that nobody would believe her. She was left with knowledge of future events she could not alter or convince others of.