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TIL The majority of white voters have voted for Republicans in every presidential election since Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s

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J1n71 TIL that the Edwards aquifer in Texas is one of the most biodiverse subterranean systems in the world. Several species are only found in that area, with a species of blind catfish (curiously the only species in the genus Satan) coming out of wells 610m deep.
b4Zj TIL the last feudal state collapsed in 2008, a tiny island called Sark where cars, street lights and divorce are illegal
KxaE TIL Sean Penn has been charged with battery, fled Hong Kong prison after being arrested for attempted murder, hit his ex-wife Madonna over the head with a baseball bat, and tortured her for 9 hours after tying her to a chair.
yVAVJ TIL erections were believed to be caused by inflation so flatulence causing foods were an impotence cure
pYZLQ TIL that play is deemed so essential for healthy development that the United Nations recognizes it as a human right for all children.