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TIL Donald Duck systematically gets a portion of the votes in Finnish elections.

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EkWw TIL studies show day-to-day happiness increases with income until you hit $75k per year. After that, increased income does nothing to increase happiness.
X0X5E TIL that To play practical jokes on social media influencers, Payless created a fictitious luxury boutique named "Palessi".
b9Kjj TIL that in 2013, police in Sayre, OK were testing new sonar equipment in Foss Lake. They found two submerged cars containing 3 bodies each that had been missing since 1969 & 1970. Police later concluded all were accidental drownings w/ no foul play.
YORv TIL Astrophysicists at Texas State University have used astrological and geophysical data, along with planetary software, to calculate the exact time and date that Monet created his masterpiece “Étretat, Sunset”: Feb. 5, 1883 at 4:53 p.m. local time
ANNYo TIL of CDR. Ernest E. Evans, a Native American U.S. Navy captain during WWII. Evans was awarded the Medal of Honor as part of the Battle Off Samar, where he captained a destroyer against the IJN Yamato and an otherwise overwhelming force