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TIL: Michigan had a state-wide school contest to re-design their "I Voted" stickers

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R65j TIL that “begs the question” doesn’t mean ‘asks the question’, and instead is a logical fallacy that means 'the conclusion lacks support’.
vOoB TIL, that in 2001, two one-thousand-year-old Mississippian burial grounds were excavated in order to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter
melv TIL a Liverpool fan killed himself when his team were 3-0 down in the 2006 Champions League final; they came back to win the game.
LQyp9 TIL that a hip writer, Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy, hailed as a literary genius for his semi-autobiographical works about his tragically abusive childhood, amassed a huge cult following as well as close friendships with celebrities like Madonna, never actually existed and was completely made up.
jmGn TIL the marsh mallow was a delicacy in ancient Rome and Egypt. By the 1800s, confectioners were making small batches of candy with mallow, sugar, and egg whites. Mass production was made possible by using gelatin and corn starch instead.