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TIL former stage magician and skeptic of pseudoscience James Randi offered $1,000,000 to anyone who could prove their paranormal abilities under agreed-upon testing criteria. Over 1,000 people tried, and 0 were successful. It was discontinued in 2015.

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Z8QBv TIL about Mariano Martinez. A man who in 1971 modified an ice cream machine to create the first frozen margarita machine. He did this to meet demand for a popular margarita recipe he was serving at the time. You can find his invention on display at the Smithsonian Museum for American history.
ne0mr TIL the US economy does better under a Democratic president.
Lk8pP TIL that Ireland has the oldest average age at first marriage of any country. The average Irish citizen gets married for the first time at age 35.
x61M5 TIL the Iroquois Confederacy had just ~12,000 people at the apex of its power (ca. 1700).
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