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TIL that if the NC/SC state line, or a county line, passes through your house that you vote in the state/county in which your master bedroom is located.

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ajP0 TIL one gallon (about 4 liters) of gasoline contains about 31,000,000 calories
8LVb TIL Nancy Green, born into slavery in 1834, was hired in 1890 to represent “Aunt Jemima”, an advertising character named after a song from a minstrel show. In 1893 Green was introduced as Aunt Jemima at the World’s Columbian Exposition, where it was her job to operate a pancake-cooking display.
loB7G TIL British librarians ranked To Kill A Mockingbird ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die."
pYJAN TIL there are miniature drones like we see in the movies called the "Black Hornet Nano", which are in active use by Militaries around the world. They measure 16x2.5cm and cost $195,000 each!
x6pX1 TIL: David Bowie didn’t have two different coloured eyes, and that it was just a result of an injury that damaged his pupil as a child.