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TIL Switzerland has a functioning system of direct democracy, and it’s the only one the world.

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OGyyL TIL: The concept of there being three, four, five, or more genders has existed for thousands of years.
dDRZK TIL that the ship referenced in Shirley Temple's song "The Good Ship Lollipop" was an airplane, not a boat.
X0k1j TIL that Spanish Fly, often believed to be an aphrodisiac, actually causes vomiting, severe gastro-intestinal bleeding, and kidney failure
E1L5V TIL about the West Memphis Three, 3 teens convicted of the brutal murder of three 8 year old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Damien Echols was sent to death row. On August 19, 2011, Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley were released from prison as part of a Alford plea deal.
PYnEL TIL Whitney Houston died in suite 434 of the Beverly Hilton hotel. After a reported stream of insensitive guests who partied in the room “like Whitney did” and even snapped pictures of themselves lying in the bath where it happened, the hotel removed the room