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TIL That in In Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Ohio, idiots don’t have the right to vote.

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vPGv4 TIL about Pierre Billotte, commander of the Eure. He, along with his crew, defeated 13 tanks and two enemy guns in a single day. The Eure was hit 140 times by tank and weapons fire
loQdK TIL Sayre's Law, which has been variously formulated as, "academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics because the stakes are so low" and "competition in academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small".
R75dQ TIL that 'Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro Told Cops, 'You Can't Arrest Me! I'm the Cake Boss!'
b9xw9 TIL there is there is an equation for how quickly a real conspiracy theory would reveal itself. The more people involved the quicker the truth comes out. Estimates if the Moon landing was really faked, it would have been revealed in under 4 years.
pYx4O TIL about German sub U-215 which sunk in 1942 off the coast of New England and south of Nova Scotia, in Canadian territorial waters. Four of her five hatches are still sealed with the remains of 49 German sailors entombed within.