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TIL Earl L. Brewer, Governor of Mississippi from 1912 to 1916, never once made a public campaign speech while running for Governor in 1911.

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nW5W7 TIL - The amount of water in Lake Superior can cover all of North and South America in 1 foot of water
78kOr TIL that between 15% and 30% of people have the photic sneeze reflex, which causes those afflicted to sneeze at the sun, sometimes multiple times in a row
691a7 TIL 'The Phantom of Heilbronn' was believed to be a female serial killer tied to 40 crimes, six of them murders. However, in 2009, it was discovered that the woman never existed, and her DNA found at crime scenes was just contamination from cotton swabs used for collecting samples.
OGerg TIL the "black" line of an Etch A Sketch toy merely exposes the darkness inside the toy. Scraping out large "black" areas allows enough light through to expose parts of the interior.
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