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TIL that republicans gerrymandered a district in Pennsylvania to eliminate a democratic house representative in 2002. The new district formed a finger that contained his house, but not the spot where he parked his car. He was forced to run against another democrat for representative and lost.

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JYDy1 TIL J.R.R.Tolkien had a peculiar sense of humor. Along with his friend C.S. Lewis, he once dressed as a polar bear for a non-costume party and would chase neighbors away dressed as an Anglo-Saxon warrior.
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