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TIL that Eugene Debs ran for the presidency in 1920 while in prison and received more than 900,000 votes

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BgXpe TIL that suicidal ideation amongst first-year doctors in their first three months of the job increases by 370%.
yWne TIL that Elmo, Santa Claus, and Saddam Hussein all have keys to the city of Detroit
nW4Ed TIL that in addition to Red Cross organizations, there are also Red Crescent and Red Crystal organizations, with the symbols localized for acceptance by the community of each nation that has such an organization. In the past there was also a Red Lion and Sun (Iran).
1aDMr TIL that computers are incapable of producing randomness so when perfoming tasks like procedural generation they use outside sources like the mouse position or the fan noise as a starting point or even use "pseudorandom" generation algorithms using pre-made numbers.
y9vV TIL the difference between Wile E. Coyote and Ralph Coyote. Both had brown fur and pointy ears, but Wile E. had a black nose, yellow eyes, and went after the Roadrunner, while Ralph had a red nose, white eyes, and went after sheep (guarded by Sam Sheepdog).