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TIL a convicted felon can be elected president of the US. This means Mike Tyson is eligible to run for president.

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8agrV TIL of David Douglas: A Scottish botanist/explorer who became the first mountaineer in America. When climbing Mauna Kea in Hawaii he fell (or was pushed) into a pit trap with spikes. A bull then fell on top of him, crushing him to death.
Z8ara Berezniki, in Russia's Ural mountains, is slowly disappearing into the ground. The industrial city, with a population of over 150,000, was built on top of a salt mine. Since the 1980s, huge craters have ripped the soil apart, gradually swallowing factories and offices, demolishing a school and tearing houses apart.
D4KV TIL the original constitution of Oregon had a “whites only” clause. All slaves were freed and then all black people were ordered to leave the state.
VMPk0 TIL that airport runways at higher elevations need to be longer because the thin air at high elevations results in less lift on the aircraft
LB4V TIL that chimney sweeps are considered a ‘good omen’ at a wedding. When King George III was on his way to the church for his wedding, he lost control to his horse and carriage. The only person brave enough to stop it was a chimney sweep. Chimney sweeps were then to be respected under Royal decree.