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TIL the reason nearly all TV and radio political ads in the United States include something like "I'm _ and I approve this message" is because an act from 2002 requires it

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pE8p TIL that a New Jersey grandmother rolled a pair of dice 154 times continuously at a craps table without losing. Her 154-roll winning streak broke a world records. The probability of this occurring were roughly 1 in 1.56 trillion.
16VkW TIL None of the native species of bee in Australia are true honey bees. Social species of native bees do produce honey, but not much, as they are relatively primitive bee species. And the bees that do produce honey store it in small resinous pots which look like bunches of grapes
DEY TIL that teleportation has actually successfully been done on small scales
nM4b TIL while the Roman senate was debating about possible conspirators of an attempted coup, Julius Cesar received a note. Cato, who opposed to Julius Cesar accused him of corresponding with the conspirators and demanded the letter to be read aloud. The note was a love letter from Cato’s sister.
wLZx8 TIL that George Wallace, the governor who tried to stop two black students from attending the University of Alabama, became a born-again Christian in the late 70s, rebuked his support for segregation, and when reelected in the 80s, made a record number of black appointees to state positions.