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TIL that wearing glasses actually increases a political candidate's electoral success, despite many politicians avoiding them as they think it makes them look less attractive.

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xVvmD TIL a man named Theodore Coneys, AKA the Denver Spiderman, broke into a man’s house and hid in the attic. He ended up murdering the man, then continued to live in the attic for months during the murder investigation, while the murdered man’s wife still lived in the house
JYnv1 TIL the longest filibuster in US history (a process of delaying a bill passing by speaking in the Senate until you want to stop) was over 24 hours (24 hours and 18 minutes). This was an attempt to delay The Civil Rights Act of 1957.
XERJP TIL the U.S banned books and films about Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in Japan as well as all satirical cartoons of General MacArthur.
lN0A TIL the average Australian’s household wealth is $728,000. By comparison, the US average is $81,200.
4XnrN TIL that the discovery of oil as a fuel was an environmental miracle for whales as it made hunting whales for their oil far less competitive.