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TIL someone made a font out of gerrymandered congressional districts

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6EZnw Man-made snow will be almost entirely used for the Beijing Winter Olympics, beginning on February 4.
6y7J TIL in 1982 as a protest against actions by the United States federal government, Key West in Florida seceded from and then declared war on the United States, surrendered one minute later and then applied for one billion dollars in foreign aid.
VOEB TIL when skydiver Joan Murray’s parachute failed, she approached the ground at 80 miles (128km) per hour, landing on a mound of fire ants. The shock from being stung over 200 times by the ants released a surge of adrenaline which kept her heart beating, and allowed her to survive.
QjQ9 TIL that when surrendering during the American Civil war Robert E Lee dressed in an immaculate custom made uniform while Ulysses S Grant was dressed in a mud splattered general issue uniform.
mxLQR TIL that a woman discovered from watching TV that her current house was once owned by a serial killer who used to torture women in the basement