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TIL of Six Californias, a proposed initiative in 2016 to split California into six separate states: Jefferson, North California, Silicon Valley, Central California, West California, and South California. The initiative failed to meet the required signatures to make the ballot.

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BJrx TIL of a straight Christian man who spent a year of his life as a gay man, including coming out to his family, getting a job as a barista at a gay café and enlisting a friend to act as his boyfriend. The experience radically changed his view of religion and he now views homosexuality as acceptable.
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