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TIL the US Capitol has a 116-year-old private subway for the exclusive use of congressmen and their staff

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eey4 TIL that Switzerland has enough fallout shelters for 114% of its population
KOykG TIL: The Bradley Effect is when voters give inaccurate polling responses out of fear of stating their true preference. Members of the public may feel under pressure to provide an answer that is deemed to be more publicly acceptable.
e0n4n TIL Vince Gilligan wrote an episode of The X-files featuring Bryan Cranston, which ultimately lead to Cranston being cast as Walter White in Gilligan's "Breaking Bad".
D1rxJ TIL a species of bamboo flowers every 50 years, resulting in rat plagues that have caused famine.
O4y7 TIL: that the phrase Graveyard shift used to be Gravy-eyed shift but was misheard as the former, it has nothing to do with Graves and refers to be blurry-eyed or tired