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TIL it's illegal to share a picture of your ballot in some countries and US states

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R57Na TIL that in 1999 a British man, angered at being charged £20 for going £10 overdrawn, legally changed his name to "Yorkshire Bank plc are Fascist Bastards" just to receive a return cheque in that name to settle the account.
xdYD TIL Vatican City is the only place in the world where cash machines offer instructions in Latin.
wLmXY TIL Garlic ranks as the #1 antibacterial food. Capsicums (peppers) are only 75% effective
GrP5 TIL of circus strongman Alexander Zass, who developed his strength by struggling against his chains in a Prussian prison, once escaping by bending the cell’s bars.
mpGM TIL Herodotus wrote about fuzzy, dog sized ants living in India which dug up gold to build ant hills. For centuries, people assumed it was made up. In the 1990s, scientist discovered a fuzzy marmot living in India that digs up gold whenever it burrows.