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TIL in 2000, incumbent John Ashcroft lost to a dead man in the election for Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat

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ANlda TIL that model Evelyn Nesbit became known for her involvement in a feud between her husband Harry Thaw and infamous architect Stanford White who drugged and assaulted her at the age of 16, this led to Thaw murdering White inside Madison Square Garden II in the year 1906.
69vgl TIL just 36% of Detroit-area high school graduates are considered college ready by graduation
mxgkY TIL of the weird, dangerous, and isolated life of the saturation diver where a job might require the diver to stay isolated for weeks in a pressurized metal tube, up to 1000 feet below the surface of the ocean.
E1EMx TIL in 1940, a man saw House Finches for sale in Brooklyn–sold as Hollywood Finches, a violation of Migratory Bird Treaty Act. He told the Audubon Society & they went undercover–busting shops selling them. Shops released them to avoid penalty. Now they’re one of the most widespread birds in America.
WZaA TIL the CPU powering NASA’s New Horizons is the same CPU which powered the original Playstation