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TIL The mansion in X-Men is the same as Billy Madisons mansion

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8e8XX TIL the USPS strike of 1970 was one of the largest wildcat strikes in US history. The workers got true collective bargaining rights, better working conditions, and fair pay after only 8 days striking
LQLbp TIL that I went to high school with someone who won the Nobel Prize. Congratulations David!
j61Zj TIL that Kanepi, a small town in Estonia, has a cannabis leaf as its flag’s symbol. The town council let community members vote for the new flag, including the pot leaf symbol as an option. 12,000 of the 15,000 votes went to the pot leaf despite Kanepi being a town of fewer than 5,000.
J1dx8 TIL that since 1949 all Treasurers of the United States, whose signature is on all dollar bills (along with the Treasury Secretary’s), have been women
NXLoM TIL Venus Fly Traps are exclusively found in the wild in the Carolina states, specifically around the Carolina Bays, and due to poaching for export/resale and inability to clear underbrush that eventually smothers the low-dwelling carnivorous plants, they are now endangered.