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TIL The German constitution allows citizens to resist government institutions that act against the constitution

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JYKOk TIL that Paul McCartney created Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band after misunderstanding Salt and Pepper for Sergeant Pepper, which triggered a train of thoughts leading to the album’s concept
yQ4Kw TIL a horse and buggy ride is not a "Handsome Cab", but rather a Hansom Cab, named after Joseph Hansom who invented the safety horse cab
R7Rel TIL There is no generally accepted term to describe what Northern Ireland is: province, region, country or "something else".
69owZ Today I learned about the Los Alfaques disaster where a boiling-liquid expanding-vapor explosion from a road tanker instantly destroyed everything in a 300ft radius killing 215 people
rR49o TIL that the Portuguese man of war isn’t actually a jellyfish. It’s called a siphonophore, made up of several specialized organisms of the same species. They each perform different functions and can’t survive alone.