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TIL only 4 Alabama counties require a law degree to become a Probate Judge

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XEvZ8 TIL that in ancient Rome, clairvoyants acted as civil servants. Augures, or auspices, interpreted the signs of birds to determine whether the gods favoured everything from elections, wars, even whether or not to hold certain ceremonies. Nothing could move forward without the auspices approval.
vPGgD TIL that Denmark has a 7-point grading system in schools where the grades are 12, 10, 7, 4, 02, 00 and -3
yQ9Mv TIL that One Piece, a Japanese comic book, is the best selling comic book series made by a single author
7rbEL TIL that "Voldemort" (vol de mort) translates from French/Latin to "flight of death;" also "theft by death," or how Voldemort took Harry's parents from him.
VB0a0 TIL the air quality in Delhi, India, is on average between 200-500 AQI (poor to hazardous) from October through February. The worst was on November 8th 2017 during the “Great Smog of Delhi” when the smog reached its peak at 999 AQI.