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TIL Australia fines citizens $55 for not voting

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RpWw TIL that there is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, thats written language is still completely unknown today
wLRgP TIL about a mutation in the ADRB1 gene that affects sleep. People who inherited one copy of this mutant gene had a shortened sleep cycle, sometimes requiring only 4.5 hours of sleep per night.
NM8Q TIL Indian citizens fought against corruption by paying bribes with 0 rupee notes designed to look like 50 rupee notes.
Lk7wQ TIL Covert Narcissits often self-identity as ”Introverts” even tho Introverts are not Covert Narcissits.
Y91x TIL in the Roosevelt Roosevelt Room in The White House, Democratic administrations would traditionally hang a portrait of FDR, who was a Democrat, over the mantel, while Republican administrations would in turn hang a portrait of Teddy, a republican, there.