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TIL Multiple states allow voters to legally cast a new ballot if they change their mind.

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LQdx9 TIL that the inventor of the Atkins diet, Dr. Atkins, did not die from a heart disease but in fact died from complications following a head injury on April 17, 2003, after falling on a New York sidewalk.
KYWPJ TIL Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate (CaCuSi4O10 or CaOCuO(SiO2)4 (calcium copper tetrasilicate)) or cuprorivaite, is considered to be the first synthetic pigment.
vPQPD TIL that Stephen Sondheim co-wrote a "non-musical/straight play" with George Furth, the book writer for "Company." The play was a whodunit called "Getting Away with Murder" and it ran for 29 previews and 17 performances at the Broadhurst Theater in 1996.
OdNX TIL that the Old Testament, New Testament, and the Qur'an all have passages that denounce and in many cases downright prohibit collecting interest on loans
WkEQo TIL that besides winter hibernation, there are also species of animals that go into a state of dormancy during the dry and hot summer months. This is called aestivation.