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TIL Russian voters used to have a box on their ballots to vote for “against all”.

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RJw TIL that for 20 years the tallest “hotel” in the world was a 105-story empty pyramid in North Korea.
l8jK TIL that a lightning bolt is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun
8aErP TIL that in 1906 Eleanor Roosevelt bought a chicken-wire cage to hang out the window of her New York City townhouse for her first child, Anna, to nap in—a practice known as “airing” for city dwelling children
6ZoY TIL of a substance called “Libyan Desert Glass”; found in the Eastern Sahara and the deserts of Libya, this glass is of unknown origin (possibly from meteoric impacts), and has been found in ancient Egyptian Jewelry such as Tutankhamun’s Pectoral.
JY0bk TIL that America has 3.1% of the world's kids but buys 40% of the world's toys. (University of California, 2013)