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TIL that in Canada voters can use their fishing license, label on a prescription container or even a library card as a voter ID.

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8eJaV TIL when you move your eyes quickly from one point to another, there's a slight disconnect between your eyes and brain, which makes you perceive time stretching backwards slightly. This is why it seems like a clock takes longer than a second to move when you first look at it.
9Y8XX TIL the introduction of the Davy lamp was followed by an increase in mine accidents, as it emboldened companies to mine in areas that had previously been regarded as being too unsafe.
ADPmx TIL That Analeigh Tipton, a main character in Crazy Stupid Love, was once sold to a Saudi Arabian prince as a sex slave by traffickers posing as modeling agents. She escaped the situation before the deal was finalized.
16OnD TIL Michael Bay worked for Lucasfilm as a teen. When he filed the storyboards for Raiders of the Lost Ark, he thought it would be terrible. His opinion changed when he saw the final product, and it set him on his path to become a filmmaker.
EgMw7 TIL the first Polish settlers arrived in Jamestown in 1608 - twelve years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. They were skilled artisans brought by Captain John Smith. In 1619, they were not given voting rights and so led a strike, which is the first documented labor protest in the U.S.