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TIL that there is a tradition in the United States Senate in which a Senator keeps a desk full of candy

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VZkm TIL: When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, a Massachusetts church feared he would impose his French “religious infidelity” on the country – so their pastor delivered a “Mammoth Cheese” to the White House inscribed with a quote from Jefferson: “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”
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