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TIL that Bhutan held mock elections with 4 mock parties to prepare the country for a democratic transition. The two first-round winners chose high school students for candidates in the second round.

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dM6K TIL that there is a large area over Brazil where the Earth’s magnetic field has weakened, it is so large that NASA powers down it’s satellites when passing over.
KOoKR TIL that there is an official Goonies Day every year on June 7 in Astoria, Oregon. The majority of the film Goonies was filmed in Astoria and June 7th is the day the movie was released in 1985.
59gp TIL Michelin Man is white because before 1912, tires were grey-white or beige color. In 1912, carbon was added as a preservative and strengthener, changing the tire color to black.
4XerN TIL that an 18-year-old girl called Rae Heim ran across America almost entirely barefoot. She only wore shoes on some hard terrain. She ran 3,437.5 miles in 8 months and raised more than $10,000 for charity. She started running barefoot at 16 after breaking a big toe, and kept it up after it healed.
avlb TIL that during the 2008 world hops shortage, the Samuel Adams brewery sold 108 craft breweries their excess hops, at cost, to help prevent them from going under.