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TIL Only 39% of Americans have Passports, that means 3 out of 5 Americans can’t even go to Canada

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0d9ZR TIL about Nobel Disease, when Nobel Prize winners come out with ludicrous or objectionable theories in areas outside their area of expertise later on in life. Example: Montagnier, who discovered HIV, believe that DNA gave off electromagnetic signals :0
vPd9r TIL: Nominative Determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names
rgPe TIL the DC supervillain Brainiac was not named after the slang term for “an intellectual”. It was the other way around; the term originated with the supervillain’s name.
Lkxpr TIL Jeffery Dahlmer was converted and baptized in prison in 1994, where he continued meeting with the minister who baptized him. The pastor received a Thanksgiving Day card in November 1994, thanking him for teaching him God's word. Dahlmer died a few days later.
pYG9A TIL Oklahoma's Official State Vegetable is Watermelon