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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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M70LA TIL Walter Orthmann (Brazil) has been working at the same company for 84 years and 9 days, as verified on 6 January 2022.
PjEg TIL there is a fruit called the Black Sapote aka the Chocolate Pudding Fruit, that tastes just like a chocolate pudding and contains 4 times the Vitamin C of an orange!
LQvam TIL that the Vatican Church recognised the Capybara, technically a rodent, as a fish which led to it being eaten during the meat free Lent season.
VBooB TIL the expression "streets ahead" is an English phrase dating back to the nineteenth century, not something made up by the writers on Community.
DEOj TIL that in an experiment where a kitten was raised in the same cage as a rat, the cat not only refrained from attacking the rat, but the two became close companions, and the cat refused to chase or kill any other rats as well.