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TIL Many states legally require employers to give employees time off to vote.

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negwP TIL rapper YG had a song called "Meet the Flockers" which provided specific steps on robbing Chinese neighborhoods, something that's common in major cities in the US
4klDw TIL that in 1694, the Parliament of England banned smoking in the House of Commons chamber and committee rooms. To replace smoking, MPs were offered snuff from a special Parliamentary Snuff Box. This is still stocked today. The current box is made from timber salvaged after the WWII bombing.
9r4p TIL a 17 y/o high school student jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge “for fun” while on a school trip and survived.
5V7dB TIL: In the 1860s, Napoleon III subsidized the development of an early version of the fax machine. The pantelegraph could transmit a small piece of paper with 25 words in 108 seconds and was often used to verify signatures in banking transactions.
K509 TIL the state of Maine debated legislation that would outlaw the use of tomatoes in chowder, thereby prohibiting the Manhattan Chowder.