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TIL that the first libertarian mayor in the United States was a polygamist Mormon named Alex Joseph. After leaving the Republican Party, he ran for mayor of his commune Big Water, Utah as a Libertarian.

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16k1W TIL that Kuboyama Aikichi, a Japanese fisherman, was the first known victim of hydrogen bomb radiation exposure. He was aboard the "Lucky Dragon No. 5" (Daigo Fukuryu Maru), a fishing boat caught in radioactive fallout from the 1954 U.S. Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test near Bikini Atoll.
mxm7O TIL that the flag of Nepal, famous for being the only current national flag that isn't a quadrilateral, has its dimensions specified by law. The rectangle circumscribing the flag has an irrational ratio that is the least root of a quartic polynomial.
d80aZ TIL that Isreali Labor Party delayed their elections because of a Britney Spears concert as they feared that party members would rather go to a concert than find a polling station and vote
NXdp6 TIL the least densely populated countries (with at least 8 million citizens) are Australia and Canada.
xnB0 TIL a German woman named Thea Alba became famous in the 1920s because she’s could write 10 different things with all 10 fingers at the same time. She could also write using both hands, both feet, and her mouth simultaneously spelling in different languages.