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TIL that a person with a felony CAN still vote, though the process for voting reinstatement varies widely from state to state

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kObOg TIL that anyone who moves to Villas Las Estrellas, a settlement in Antarctica, must first have their appendix preemptively removed because the nearest hospital is over 600 miles away.
p8A5Q TIL that The Source and Candi Staton recorded "You Got the Love" for a diet product's video about a 900lb (408kg) man. The film was canned when the man dropped to 300lb (136kg). Candi Staton thought that was that until the song reached top 10 in Europe - by which time she'd forgotten how to sing it.
kyxd TIL that in development, the original Crash Bandicoot was codenamed ‘The Sonic’s Ass Game’ in reference to the fact the game was like a 2D platformer in 3D, thus requiring the player to look at the character’s rear the whole time.
b9nQp TIL "In God We Trust" first appeared on US money in 1864 as a political ploy by the North to tell the South that God was on their side during the Civil War.
l7vXK TIL the descendants of Moctezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, are members of the Spanish nobility