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TIL that Nevada is the only state to have a “None of the above” option in Presidential elections

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6Exo8 TIL During the invasion crisis of 1940-1941, the British tried making up for a shortage of armored vehicles with the "Bison", a truck with a concrete cover to act as armor. They were mainly used as mobile pillboxes to protect airfields from paratroopers.
W7oKB TIL HIV can’t be transmitted by mosquitoes because the virus can’t survive in a mosquito
69RyX TIL that the British made war ships for the confederacy during the American Civil War
9wNpp TIL that mosquitoes kill more people each year than any other species.
KvrG TIL a man tied 45 weather balloons to a lawn chair and packed a gun to shoot himself down. Instead of raising the planned 100 feet he shot up 16,000