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TIL: While Governor of California, Ronald Reagan signed into law one of the strictest gun control policies for the State in order to disarm the Black Panthers. Ronald Reagan was the first presidential candidate that the NRA endorsed.

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QJ0Q9 TIL about the '91 Louisiana governor's race, which pitted corrupt Democrat Edwin Edwards against former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke. Voters were urged to "vote for the lizard, not the wizard." Duke lost by only 11% despite near-total denouncement by the Republican party, including President Bush.
epRQn TIL of Ymir, the grandfather of all Nordic gods who drank from a cosmic hornless cow rich in milk and gave birth to a male and female from his armpits. Odin, his grandson, would later kill him and fashion the world from his body.
KOlVB TIL Genghis Khan maintained a large empire owing to a excellent postal system, where messages were transmitted at a rate of 300 km per day using a network of horse messengers, with every horse station located 40 km apart, similar to a modern day bicycle sharing system.
kObvW TIL that the direct opposite part of the world from where you are is called your ‘antipode’ and the vast majority of the USA’s antipode is actually in the Indian Ocean.
xljB TIL The first music video to be shot entirely with mobile phones was “Some Postman” by The Presidents of the United States of America