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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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nWELB TIL that Apple Macintosh family is named after the McIntosh, which is the national apple of Canada.
R5jl8 TIL the density of Phobos, the larger and closer moon of Mars, suggests 25-35% of its volume is empty space
rO51 TIL In 2006, A prisoner got himself a job in prison repairing mail bags, and he climbed inside one and mailed himself out of prison. Later that day while hiking along a railway line he was questioned, and let go by a police officer.
M488 TIL that reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone changed the entire geography of the park: as elk were displaced, saplings that would have been eaten by elk were spared, riverbank erosion was brought under control, and streams and rivers shifted their courses.
MeEK TIL that 60 Minutes was the first regularly scheduled program in the U.S not to have an opening theme song.