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TIL: It is illegal in most states to name your child "God".

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QaBe Today I learned that Florida US Rep Alcee Hastings was impeached as a federal judge for bribery and perjury and was elected to Congress 4 years later.
P11XL TIL there was an epidemic of bubonic plague in San Francisco in the early 20th century, but denial by city and state government, and racism, caused people to focus on Chinatown residents
JYvZ8 TIL the moon appearing larger on the horizon is known as the Problem of Luna Mendex and is actually an illusion of the eye. The illusion can be broken by cupping your hand into a fist and looking through it at the 'large' horizon moon. It will immediately shrink in size.
4pDg TIL that most of the slaves in the New World by the mid 1600’s were, in fact, white.
OGeeR TIL an average wind turbine creates enough energy to power 460 US homes every month