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TIL that there is an annual income requirement of 2000 pesos to become president of Argentina, placed in 1853. However since its not adjusted for inflation its the equivalent of $2.50 today instead of the original 3.3 kg of gold ($220,000)

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YREv TIL that the last meal is based on a superstition from pre-modern Europe. By accepting the last meal, the condemned was believed to forgive the executioner, the judge, and witness(es). This would prevent the condemned from returning as a ghost to haunt those responsible for their killing.
epDKL TIL dogs can smell your feelings, in fact, dogs sense of smell is approximately 100,000 times better than ours, they can smell fear in a human due to our perspiration.
1aex8 TIL: Sunglasses make people look more attractive because they give the illusion of a chiseled bone structure on top of a soft-featured face. The dark lenses cover up any asymmetrical oddities around eyes.
Yp7Yr TIL: In 2004 a 13yo girl was walking to school but was shot and wounded at a distance by IDF soldiers. As she cowered behind a rock an Israeli captain went up to her and emptied 17 bullets from his rifle into her at point blank range. The captain was exonerated and later promoted to a Major.
xGPB TIL that after the invention of the Cherokee Alphabet by Sequoya in 1825, the literacy rate of the Cherokee people soon surpassed that of their European and American neighbors.