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I am absolutely amazed to discover that, despite spending my whole life living in the US, I've never known that states also have their own senates. I'm starting

• mmh0000 6mo ago
  As always, there's an XKCD for everything: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
• dlenski 6mo ago
  > there is no age at which I will stop being embarrassed by the things I do not know. I'm with you on that! An additional fun (?) fact is that Nebraska has only senators, not state representatives, due to having a unicameral legislature unlike all the other states and the federal government. The members of Nebraska's single-house legislature are customarily called "senators," and they're also officially non-partisan, though in the modern era this is just a fig leaf and their partisan political affiliations are clear.
• xtiansimon 6mo ago
  > “… I will stop being embarrassed by the things I do not know.” Come to the dark side…darnit, I learned something new today.