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TIL that in Kentucky, Ohio, and Mississippi "idiots" are prohibited from voting. Ohio's Constitution states: "No idiot, or insane persons, shall be entitled to the privileges of an elector". Originally these terms referred to people with mental disabilities.

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6EJDW TIL there are over 200 billboards in Sweden that also function as 'bee hotels' with holes drilled in them
kJe15 TIL that DDT, a pesticide banned ages ago, is still present in penguins over in Antarctica? this chemical gets passed up the food chain, starting from krill to penguins. The good thing is that the amount of DDT in the penguins isn't enough to harm them.
6pK8 TIL That Brian Wilson did a cover of the Barenaked Ladies song ‘Brian Wilson’.
ANrxd TIL : Cows have 'best friends' and get stressed when seperated
R7x1j TIL Chip Douglas first demonstrated it for the Turtles' vocalists H. Kaylan and M. Volman on a harmonium with a broken bellows, requiring him to play the song slowly. The slower tempo impressed Kaylan and Volman and consequently, the Turtles' recording of the song uses this slower arrangement.