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TIL: If you are an Australian resident and fail to vote, you are hit with a fine, and forced to provide a reason for your failure to vote.

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8epK4 TIL a 2021 study connected what is often called a "midlife crisis" with the resurfacing of childhood trauma.
eplL4 TIL that Jane Pierce, the wife of President Franklin Pierce, was so heartbroken at the loss of their son, Benjamin, that for nearly two years, she remained in the upstairs living quarters of the White House, spending her days writing letters to her dead son.
D1Xdr TIL of the John Frum movement; a cargo cult on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu. Said to have originated in the 1930s following a vision of a Western figure promising prosperity, it gained traction in the early 1940s when 300,000 US troops were stationed in the area. This meant huge amounts of supplies.
0w78v TIL that from 1950 until 1966, NBA teams could specifically draft a player if they attended a college withkn 50 miles of the team's arena; players like Wilt Chamberlain and Oscar Robertson were drafted this way
jN19N TIL Rob Gronkowski lives off of his endorsement money and hasn’t spent a dime of his NFL Contract