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TIL the south largely voted democrat before 1964. What happened in ‘64? Democratic President Johnson pushed and passed the Civil Rights Act.

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Oov0g TIL certain male beetles have spiky penises that injure the females so that their sperm can seep into the bloodstream and encourage other physiological reactions that increase fertility.
WknmY TIL of the "national bathtub", a mass execution during the French Revolution when thousands of suspected royalists were drowned in the river Loire. At first, the perpetrators carried the drownings at night to avoid suspicion, but the dozen of floating bodies in the following days gave them away.
kmbm TIL employees of Disney World and Disneyland were prohibited from having mustaches, beards and goatees for nearly 50 years until the ban was lifted in 2012. Soul patches are still banned.
4kmrX TIL: Lou Bega, singer of iconic Cuban song Mambo No. 5, is a German man of Italian & Ugandan descent. His only interaction with Cuban culture was a vacation to Miami as a teen.
OGyx7 TIL about a plant that can 'walk' up to 20 meters per year: The Socratea exorrhiza, or the "walking palm," can slowly move itself to better locations.