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TIL that Japan has an insanely high conviction rate of 99%
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TIL that 15th president James Buchanan, the only bachelor president, is suspected to have been a homosexual. He had a very close male friend whom he lived with for a decade, fellow politician Rufus King. President Andrew Jackson nicknamed the two Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy.
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TIL In '72 Billy Joel got into a legal battle with his label and was forbidden from recording. He moved to LA and played at a bar under an assumed name to earn money. This was the inspiration for the song "Piano Man". All the characters in the song were based on real people Joel had met at the bar.
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TIL the Maryland State House is the oldest U.S. state capitol building that is still in continuous legislative use having been in use since 1772.
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TIL the word "elektron" in Greek means amber. It was known that when amber was rubbed with a dry cloth, it could attract light objects, such as bits of paper
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TIL that the current world speed record for a commercial train on steel wheels is held by the French TGV at 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph), achieved on 3 April 2007.