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TIL in the Philippines the presidential and vice presidential elections are separate, so the winners may end up to be from opposing parties

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yvQM TIL a person named Edmund Plowden was famous in the 1500s for exposing unethical surveillance by disguised informants
R5W18 TIL We have at least a 50/50 chance, if we could travel there today, of finding at least some form of primitive life on a planet (K2-18B) that is 124 lightyears away given markers in the atmosphere, JWST observations, and the chemical and physical parameters of the planet in relation to it's star.
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0dal5 TIL that the word "Salary" originated from the word "Salarium" which itself came from the Latin "Sal" for salt. Roman soldiers were sometimes, paid in salt due to its high demand and importance in preserving food such as meat and poultry.