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TIL The Queen of England can fire the entire Australian government. In 1975 her representative in Australia fired the prime minister of Australia and the rest of parliament in response to a government shutdown. There hasn’t been another shutdown since.

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yVkEe TIL during bubonic plague outbreaks, European physicians wore beak-like masks filled with perfumes, herbs, and spices, creating the iconic plague doctor costume. The outfit included a long coat, gloves, hat, and mask, and was worn by a few doctors treating plague patients in the early modern era.
5VXyD TIL Chris Pratt is Arnold Schwarzenegger's son-in-law. And his wife is a grandniece of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
69GjY TIL that in 1689, inspired by the Glorious Revolution in England, a group of Puritans led a coup against the Catholic-led government in Maryland and outlawed Catholicism for nearly a century.
axA0 TIL That of the top 100 biggest economies in the world, 51 are corporations and 49 are countries.
9n0M TIL there have been computers programmed in “ternary” instead of the conventional binary. One such computer, built by the Soviets in 1958, had distinct advantages over binary computers such as increased power efficiency, cheaper parts and easier implementation of certain operations.