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TIL a U.S. presidential candidate can win the Electoral College with only 23% of the popular vote. It’s unlikely but possible and it’s time to abolish the EC.

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Rw47 TIL giant penguins taller than the average man lived in Antarctica 37 million years ago
lVOa TIL ‘Evil’ behaviours can be categorised into four basic groups: machiavellianism, psychopathy, sadism and narcissism - and all have been researched in animals other than humans.
MeRDb TIL the iconic Goldeneye 007 for the Nintendo 64 was created by only 9 people.... and 8 of them had never once worked on a video game before!
16QWX TIL birds in Australia, known as “fire hawks”, are known to utilize and spread fires in order to flush out prey.
mxaYP TIL notorious criminal John Dillinger served a stint as a sailor aboard the battleship USS Utah, which long after he left the service, was destroyed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. She still rests in the Harbor today as a lesser known memorial compared to the USS Arizona.