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TIL Gandhi's great-grandson was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015

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M70Kb TIL Finger binary allows a person to represent up to 32 on a single hand and up to 1023 using both hands. The middle finger represents the number 4.
Y7bLB TIL of the 貔貅 pixiu, a Chinese mythical beast that legendarily defecated on the floor of Heaven, after which the Jade Emperor spanked it hard enough to permanently seal its anus, causing it to have a voracious appetite for gold, silver and jewels while having no way to expel them.
KY8B6 TIL of America's Black Herman; the most prominent African-American magician of his day, who would resurrect himself after 3 days of burial as part of his act.
epV64 TIL That, shortly after the Berlin Wall fell, Eugene Stoner, inventor of the AR-15, and Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, met near Washington DC and developed a friendship that lasted until Stoner's death seven years later.
vPjDR TIL the horns hand gesture was made fashionable in heavy metal cultre by Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath), who says it was used by his Italian grandmother to ward off evil