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TIL that only 59% of people voted in favor of repealing the ban on interracial marriage in Alabama in 2000

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jNR6N TIL that the level of difficulty of a mental task, from working on a complex calculus equation to completing a simple game of Sudoku, barely alters the amount of energy the brain consumes while completing the task.
5gxQ TIL that Queen Bee stingers are not barbed, and because of this they can sting repeatedly without dying.
VKvQ TIL 3% of Washington DC’s population is HIV positive, on par with some West African countries
EwgW TIL President Richard Nixon ordered a tactical nuclear strike on North Korea while drunk, but Kissinger told the Joint Chiefs to ignore the order until Nixon sobered up.
8e10L TIL that bubble wrap was the result of a failed experiment to create textured wallpaper and was never intended to be a protective wrapping/packaging.