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TIL Senator John Kerry introduced the Federal Pension Forfeiture Act, also called the Duke Cunningham Act, to prevent lawmakers who have been guilty of official misconduct from collecting taxpayer funded pensions. The bill has never been passed.

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GYdrg TIL the Griswold's home in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the same home from American Beauty
RXpw TIL that at least two peer-reviewed medical studies have suggested that stickers of Mr. Yuk, the green face used to label poisonous household objects, do not effectively keep children away from potential poisons and may even attract children.
x6BMD TIL the symbols on playing cards and dots on dice are called "pips"
O7Bg TIL Sonny Bono remains the only member of Congress to have had a number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart
epxVE TIL that in 1987, Kenneth Parks drove 20 kilometres in his sleep before attacking and killing his mother-in-law and injuring his father-in-law. He woke up on the way home and turned himself in. He was later found not guilty.