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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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e0oQJ TIL That Eiichiro Oda, the author of One Piece, the best selling manga of all time, wanted to become a manga artist in order to avoid having to get a "real job".
NXbrE TIL that Bassist Timothy B. Schmit coined the term "Parrotheads" to describe Jimmy Buffett's fans when he was a member of the Coral Reefer Band in the mid 1980s.
ODog TIL that Peanut Butter Is The Key To A Simple Test For Alzheimer’s. If patients had difficulty smelling peanut butter in one nostril over the other, they most likely had the disease
pjZN TIL that the Slow Loris feels threatened when it is “tickled”. It raises its arms to collect venom in its shoulder. Specimens that are sold as pets have had their teeth removed and cannot bite anymore.
OGgMe TIL about the Japanese pocket knife “Higonokami”. After feudal Japan slowly transformed into a modern industrial state, samurai became obsolete and were banned from carrying swords in public. Consequently, blacksmiths started making knives; with the higonokami becoming the most unique one.