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TIL that piercings can be rejected by the body

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4QLa TIL In 2012, the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters saved $90,000 simply by not giving out “I Voted” stickers on election day
yQOVl TIL Peoria, Illinois was a test market for new shows in the early 20th century, due to their broad demographic. This gave rise to the phrase "Will it play in Peoria?"
78ZRr TIL that green, black, pu'erh and oolong teas are all from the leaves of same plant, but are the result of different processing.
AeGd TIL that the word “quisling”, or a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force, is derived from a man named Vidkun Quisling, who headed a domestic Nazi collaborationist regime in Norway during the Second World War. His name is now synonymous with the word “traitor”.
0bjL TIL Stanley Williams, co-founder and leader of the Crips, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2001, after writing several children’s books urging kids ‘not to make the same mistakes he did’. He was executed in 2005 on charges of quadruple homicide.