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TIL Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election without being on the ballot in 10 Southern states.

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neQMY TIL in 1907 the US Supreme Court ruled that "a woman is not a person", barring a woman from practicing law. That same year, a woman arrested for drunkenness argued, and won her case, that she could not be charged because she was not a person and therefore not held accountable to the law.
JYBJQ TIL that Goodwill sends the clothing they can't sell to textile recyclers, which turns them into sound-proof insulation for cars.
PYDLO TIL the USPS has a hotline (and email) for reporting fraud activities of its employees, which would include the postmaster general
werY TIL that almost 90% of youth in the Czech Republic report never having participated in a religious group of any kind.
8eXa4 TIL that prior to becoming an actor, Alan Thicke was an accomplished theme song and jingle writer — penning and (often) performing theme songs ranging from Diff’rent Strokes to The Facts of Life to Wheel of Fortune.