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TIL In the USA, Representatives do not have to live in their districts, only their states.

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j64LN TIL that the rent in the German town of Fuggerei hasn't been raised in 500 years and remains 0.88 Euros for an entire year
VMR0Q TIL that slugs were used during World War 1 as a method to detect mustard gas well before humans could. The slugs would visibly indicate their discomfort giving soldiers in the trenches time to put on their gas masks.
R7yKj TIL that Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa ("red beard") drowned on the way to the Third Crusade. His son wanted to bury him in Jerusalem, but didn't succeed in preserving the body in vinegar. Hence, his flesh was buried in Antioch, his bones in Tyre, and his heart and inner organs in Tarsus
8Ww4 TIL in 1983, 90% of US media was controlled by fifty companies; today, 90%+ is controlled by just six companies, self-identifying as “the big six.”
Bg0px TIL some tortoises live in arid environments and steppes