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TIL That Article 5 of the US Constitution provides a backdoor "State-Rights" path to altering the constitution directly, bypassing Congress entirely. It only requires two-thirds of state legislatures to initiate the process. Amendments are then sent back to states for ratification (not congress).

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5YYQ TIL The Number of the Beast, commonly known to be ‘666’, may in fact be '616’ according to the oldest manuscript (about 1,700 years old) of Revelation 13 to date.
awrvo TIL about Yoshio Nakamura. An American Citizen of Japanese decent who was sent to an interment camp during WWII but enlisted in the army and fought in Italy to break the German line. He used his GI bill to earn a degree to become a teacher but school districts wouldn't hire him due to his heritage.
Enno TIL two psychologists, to study self-deception, created a provocative questionnaire with the assumption that a response of “no” to any of the questions would be a lie. Some of these questions include: “Have you ever wanted to rape or be raped by someone” “Have you ever enjoyed your bowel movements”
0VGj TIL that red cup plungers are not toilet plungers; they are designed for use with sinks. Real toilet plungers have an additional flap that fits in the bottom of the toilet bowl.
PY5YG TIL Over the Shinkansen's (Japan's Highspeed Rail) 50-plus year history, carrying over 5.3 billion passengers, there has been not a single passenger fatality or injury due to train accidents.