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TIL When JFK was running for office in 1946, his father paid a man with the same name as his biggest opponent to run for election, thus confusing voters and taking votes away from the true opponent.

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9Y7mr TIL Around 4% of people do not take surveys seriously and provide silly answers. Around 7% of Americans were 'not sure' if lizardmen were running Earth. Around 13% of Americans claimed a former president was anti-Christ. The Lizardman constant (around 4%) explains some of strange results in surveys.
NXbrE TIL that Bassist Timothy B. Schmit coined the term "Parrotheads" to describe Jimmy Buffett's fans when he was a member of the Coral Reefer Band in the mid 1980s.
6Onw TIL the Hawaiian state flag looks like both the US and UK flag because King Kamehameha wanted it to appeal to both sides during the War of 1812
nWWxr TIL that the remains of over 4000 Confederate Soldiers who died while Prisoners of War are buried in Oak Woods Cemetery in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. A 30 foot tall monument marks their mass grave.
5pOP TIL George RR Martin types with one finger only