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TIL someone made a font out of gerrymandered congressional districts

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mxK9P TIL in 1911, a "witchcat" appeared near Pottsville PA. It caused hens to crow like rooster and pigs to bark like dogs. Thomas Howell, the man who saw it, died along with eight cows and horses, the deaths attributed to a hex. The family crafted a golden bullet to shoot the cat and break the hex.
6904W TIL frogs use their eyeballs to help swallow food “The eyes assist in the swallowing of food as they can be retracted through holes in the skull and help push food down the throat”
x6yWo TIL more than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders, including all but one living U.S. president
ylZp TIL that after Abraham Lincoln was called out for refusing to indicate whether or not he wanted to go Heaven or Hell he said “"I did not come here with the idea of being singled out, but since you ask, I will reply with equal candor. I intend to go to Congress.”
WEOB TIL That during the American Revolution we used “Columbia” to describe all of America, like we say, “Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, ‘Murica!” That’s why the capital is called Washington, District of Columbia.