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TIL that in the 2000 Canadian election, 6 people were charged for allegedly eating their ballot paper

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7eN7 TIL there’s a mathematical theorem called the “hairy ball theorem.” It states that you can’t comb a hairy 3D ball without getting a cowlick.
e06Rn TIL Dan White, killer of Harvey Milk and the mayor of San Francisco, was charged with Voluntary Manslaughter rather than murder. The Defense had argued that White's mental state was impaired by depression, as proven by him recently eating sugary foods. This became known as the "Twinkie Defense."
e05Rg TIL Kobe Bryant and Paulo Coelho were co-authoring a Children's Book. When Bryant Died in a Helicopter Crash, Coelho Deleted the Entire Unfinished Draft
BrPAy TIL that in 1582, the English merchant fleet had a total carrying capacity of 68,000 tons and required about 16,000 sailors (The container ship OOCL Hong Kong, christened in 2017, can carry some 200,000 tons while requiring a crew of only 22).
OGaW1 TIL in a 1931 essay about on the future of science, Winston Churchill advocated for lab grown meat, predicted long distance communication through an internet-like system, and theorised that we'd be able to artificially cultivate humans based on our needs, but the moral debate would prevent this