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TIL no Democratic candidate for President has gotten a majority of the white vote since 1964

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kOyxg TIL Dred Scott, following the infamous 1857 Supreme Court case that ruled he was neither free nor a citizen, was nonetheless freed along with his family by an abolitionist relative of his original owners less than three months later. He lived free less than two years before he died of tuberculosis.
9wZAm TIL The Apology Project was created by Allan Bridge in 1980. He invited callers to apologize their wrongs against people without jeopardizing themselves. Callers confessed everything from infidelity, drug dealing to ritualistic murder
MPQa TIL in 1960, 59% of American adults aged 18-29 were married. Today, only 20% are married.
ADKZd TIL Sylvester Stallone signed onto the film Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot based on rumors that Arnold Schwarzenegger was interested in the lead. Schwarzenegger confirmed a rumor that, knowing the script was "really bad", he had publicly faked interest in starring for producers to lure Stallone.
ELLx TIL That NASA pilots routinely intercepted and defeated U.S. Navy Phantom IIs in mock dogfights, until complaints from the Navy put an end to the harassment.