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TIL The voting rate in the US for people earning under $50,000 is HALF the voting rate of those making over $100,000.

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yVVaw TIL of Lauren Stratford (Wilson) who wrote a book claiming that she was in a Satanic cult in which she sacrificed her own child. After magazine reporters exposed her as never having a child, she changed her name and claimed to be a holocaust survivor, and was exposed again by the same magazine.
woJb1 TIL through his numerous accolades, David Attenborough has more letters after his name than in it, including OM, GSMG, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FSA, FRSA, FZS, FRSGS and FRSB.
mxb7Y TIL Chadwick Boseman was a vegetarian.
RLYl TIL the Scottish town of Dull has formed a “trinity of tedium” with the towns of Boring (USA) and Bland (Australia)
oYdR TIL that in Thailand, people commonly greet each other with “Have you eaten yet?” in addition to the usual “How are you?”