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TIL that the USA was never intended to be an actual democracy of the people. The Federalist Papers stated that the republic would exist "in the total exclusion of the people, in their collective capacity, from any share” of lawmaking.

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yKoJ TIL there is a bare-chested statue of George Washington known as “Enthroned Washington” which depicts him as a Greek God
GYlgN TIL at the peak of Kelsey Grammers addictions, Frasier writer Dan O'Shannon said "he would snap into Frasier and expound in this very erudite dialogue and be pitch-perfect. Jimmy would cut and he would ooze back into Kelsey—glazed over eyes, half asleep, going through whatever he was going through."
e0aWb TIL in 1989, 2 million people joined hands and formed a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuanua. They were peacefully demonstrating for independence for their countries from the Soviet Union.
agdb TIL: Blue Whales are the largest animal to have ever lived on Earth—and they’re getting bigger.
XEnAQ TIL that in the SpongeBob SquarePants Episode S2E18a: Sailor Mouth, the voice actors were told to just stop talking and restart when appropriate to fit the swear words. However, Tom Kenny found it to be too difficult, and instead opted to go ahead and swear, having the actual swearing censored