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TIL about the Mugwumps, who were Republican political activists who voted Democrat in 1884 to protest GOP financial corruption...

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0w1g1 TIL there's a river basin in Venezuela that gets struck by lightening over 200 times per hour for up to 10 hrs straight. It occurs more than 100 times a year and is predictable up to a few months in advanced.
awA79 TIL Mr. Rogers had a very distinct way of speaking to children to make sure ideas were communicated clearly. His production team fondly called it “Freddish”.
5JmR TIL Randy Rhoads is considered one of the best metal guitar players but he didn’t like metal music. He didn’t listen to it and he didn’t own those kinds of records. At the peak of his success he wanted to leave metal to earn a degree in classical guitar.
4aN6 TIL The Quran does not explicitly forbid images of Muhammad
J1P9m TIL that gorillas learn to be mothers when they are babies