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TIL that compulsory voting can raise support for leftist policies by up to 20 per cent

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X0mRX TIL that Martin Luther King's family sued against "unknown government agencies" for the assassination of MLK. They won, while using the same lawyer as MLK's assassin, James Earl Ray.
wo4v1 TIL that Shrink Dink material is also used to make CD cases
58KD TIL that lotuses are basically night clubs for beetles because they are able to keep their flowers at a constant 30-35°C even during cold nights. Beetles trapped “when the petals on these bowl-shaped blooms closed up for the night were indeed very active, spending the night mating and feeding”.
NBy1 TIL that the first vending machine – a device that dispensed holy water in exchange for a coin – was invented in the first century A.D.
b9KBa TIL Western Union stopped its telegram operations on January 27, 2006, reporting that only 20,000 telegrams were sent in 2005 at about $10 per message.