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TIL in Nevada, voters can choose “None of the Above” for President. More people picked that in 2016 than ever before.

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8aNDb TIL The 2018 eruption of Kīlauea in Hawaii increased the Calderas size by nearly 2x.
W7pJN TIL: Norway has no south to north road connection. If the Storjord-Ballangen ferry is stopped, the shortest alternate route is a 1000km, 13 hour journey through Sweden
p4kQ TIL: The tingling sensation some people experience in their mouth after eating pineapple is not an allergic reaction; it is their mouth being digested by an enzyme.
obx8 TIL that in 1978 Apple Corps (founded by The Beatles) sued Apple Computers for trademark infringement winning $80,000USD. As a condition of the settlement Apple Computers also agreed to never enter the music business, which they later violated in 2003 at the launch of the iTunes Music Store.
78Y4L TIL in 2010 a fan of the University of Alabama football team fatally poisoned several 130 year old oak trees on rival Auburn's campus. Six years later an LSU fan set one of the replacement trees on fire.