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TIL Ralph Lawrence Carr, Governor of Colorado, spoke out against the internment of the Japanese after Pearl Harbor, costing him his political career

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LkayQ TIL: If you do die in space, your body will not decompose in the normal way, since there is no oxygen. If you were near a source of heat, your body would mummify; if you were not, it would freeze. If your body was sealed in a space suit, it would decompose, but only for as long as the oxygen lasted
xN1b TIL the city with the lowest marriage rate in the United States is Washington D.C.
7a6X TIL that Gandalf hits his head by accident in The Fellowship of the Ring, in Bag End, but Ian Mckellen played it off so well that Peter Jackson kept it in the movie! (#41 in link)
rRENM TIL about UY Scuti. It is the largest star we have ever discovered, and is thought to be the largest star in our galaxy. If it were to replace our Sun, its surface would reach the orbit of Saturn.
Q1nL TIL: The Origin Of “Piss Poor” was that urine was used to tan animal skins so family’s would pee in a pot and sell it to the tannery. “Don’t have a pot to piss in” were the extremely poor who couldn’t even afford a piss pot for the tannery.