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TIL that the U.S. state of Minnesota is the longest-reigning subnational body in the US/Canada to not vote conservative in a federal election, longer than all other 49 U.S. states and the 10 provinces of Canada

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5YNYQ TIL of the British navy captain John Perkins. Born in Jamaican obscurity he distinguished himself in the British navy. Allowed to captain his own ship he eventually became one of the most successful Georgian Era navy commanders. He is noteworthy as sources describe him as being mulatto or black.
GARo1 TIL Vladimir Pravik was one of the first firefighters to reach the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26th, 1986. The radiation was so strong that it changed his eye color from brown to blue. He died 15 days later.
neOVb TIL that doctors were seven times as likely to join the Nazi Party as other employed men in Germany
e0oxE TIL apples, peaches, and raspberries are all members of the rose family.
6ExJm TIL Jamaica is divided into three counties: Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey.