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TIL Strom Thurmond was the first person to be elected senator as a write-in candidate where the other candidate had ballot access.

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5yw8 TIL During the filming of the Wolf of Wall Street, Jonah Hill took revenge on Leonardo DiCaprio by giving him food poisoning. By improvising a line, Hill made DiCaprio eat the last piece of raw yellowtail sushi. DiCaprio had to repeat this 70 times. Only Hill and Martin Scorsese found it funny.
kJdR4 TIL That the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) doesn’t sanction a national championship for Division 1 FBS football.
Vopk TIL that the first thing ever sold online was marijuana.
78WZO TIL that people with a rare genetic disorder called Xerodermia pigmentosum cannot sustain ultraviolet light. So, if exposed to the sun, they will get a severe sunburn. These people also face freckling, dry skin, and changes in skin pigmentation. They are a high risk group for skin cancer.
pOvN TIL that the Bananas we eat today are all clones of one another and they might go extinct because there’s no genetic diversity.