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TIL that a town is Minnesota selects their mayor by drawing a name out of a hat. Currently a four year old is mayor.

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dDXjB TIL that the star Betelgeuse gets its English name due to a 13th century translation error from the Arabic ‘Yad al-Jauzā’ (Hand of Orion) because some one mistook the Arabic letter for Y (ي) for the letter for B (ب). Written as part of a word, the only difference is an extra dot on the bottom for Y.
m1mKo TIL scientists are studying whale bowel movements to figure out how much stress whales are experiencing
65Zw TIL Genghis Kahn once executed someone by pouring molten silver into their head
YGxd TIL of Burton Joseph, a Jew who representing the ACLU, defended the right for Neo-Nazis to march through Skokie, IL—a community where 1 in 6 residents were Holocaust survivors—because he believed in freedom of speech.
awgxy TIL that the tatoo artist who inked WWE star Randy Orton filed a civil lawsuit claiming she owns the tattoo designs and WWE is infringing on her rights by using them in their Video Games.