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5WQk TIL after US Representative Paul Broun stated that “ the sciences of embryology, evolution, and the Big Bang are lies straight from the Pit of Hell”, in the 2012 general election, over 5,000 voters in the 10th District voted for Charles Darwin as a write-in candidate.
gJNy TIL that in 1995, only 7% of China’s urban residents had a refrigerator. By 2007, this number had jumped to 95%.
5VJ5r TIL that in 1939, a member of the Swedish Parliament jokingly nominated Adolf Hitler for a Nobel Peace Prize, but the nomination was cancelled.
KowE TIL that if you win something on the Price is Right you wont be able to leave the studio with your winnings unless you pay the taxes.
O6pR TIL Nazi soldiers burned civilians alive in the town of Oradour-sur-Glane. Charles de Gaulle ordered that the ruins are not removed, and the empty town still exists as it was in June 1944.