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TIL Every new issue of Hustler Magazine has been sent to all 535 Members of Congress since 1983 by owner Larry Flynt

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xV9Ak TIL of the Lizardman Constant, which basically says that 4% of polling data is worthless due to people either being insane or deliberately corrupting your data
gMXBL TIL that during WWI in Germany, horses were considered army reservists; owners had to register them regularly, and the army kept detailed records on the locations of all horses. In the first weeks of the war, the German army mobilized 715,000 horses.
wVB6 TIL that you are never actually touching anything. Your atoms’ electrons repel objects when they are 10^-8 meters away from you, but you can feel the force of the resistance. Right now, you’re technically hovering.
j7NE TIL the FAA requires pilots to wait 6 hours after taking Viagra to be able to fly a plane. This is due to a side effect of Viagra that makes blue-green color differentiation difficult. Pilots call the waiting period the “Viagra-to-throttle time”.
d8L87 TIL that Pandora Radio didn't pay it's employees for 2 years. The CEO claimed he "didn't know he was breaking the law"