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TIL Marvel assigned almost all the states their own superheros. Utah’s are undisclosed members of the Mormon church.

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rNn1o TIL about the Red Mirage vs. the Blue Shift on election day
ZpAlo TIL in Canada, December 6th is known as White Ribbon Day. It is the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, in which armed student Marc Lépine murdered 14 female engineering students and injured 14 other people.
m1w8O TIL eating poppyseed can affect your drug test and make it positive!
gMpM9 TIL about John Britten. He and his small team built a motorcycle out of his garage that would defeat major manufacturers like Honda and Ducati at major races as well as break several world records. He designed and fabricated almost every component from scratch.
kJEB TIL that at Treblinka death camp during WWII, the commander of the camp, Kurt Franz, frequently enjoyed kicking and killing babies arriving at the camp.