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TIL the Vatican has the World’s highest crime rate

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0n4N TIL Ronald Reagan was 3,761 votes shy, in Minnesota, of winning every state in the 1984 Presidential Election.
4XDEa TIL in 1948 Lyndon B Johnson used a helicopter to campaign for office. He would hover over farmers working in their fields, many who had never seen a helicopter, and blare through the loudspeaker: "Hello, down there! This is your friend, Lyndon Johnson, your candidate for the United States Senate."
ARKo TIL that guitarist Les Paul’s right elbow was shattered in a car accident. Doctors were unable to repair it so he had them fuse his arm bones at a 90 degree angle so he could continue to play guitar.
Yp0xr TIL Bounty hunting is currently legal in only two countries: the Philippines and the United States
LkWbv TIL The Taliban used dynamite to destroy two 4th century statues of Buddha. They saw it as idolatry. The destruction revealed a previously unknown network of caves with wall paintings from the 5th to 9th centuries and another giant statue of Buddha.