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TIL That the Australian consitution is written to allow New Zealand to become a state at any time

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167eP TIL skilled sheepdogs sell for $30,000 or more.
BgXPL TIL that Naked Mole-Rats are “the longest-lived rodent, … almost never get cancer, … don’t feel pain like other mammals, they live in underground colonies and [… ] don’t have a drop in fertility as they age.”
loEnA TIL that the oldest known gravestone in the United States is for Grace Berry, who died in 1625.
xVMQ0 TIL that writing a giant SOS on a beach has the added advantage of being an ambigram: SOS can be read right side up or upside down
yQAda TIL that the popular idiom “over and out” commonly used in films, is absolute nonsense in actual radio communications as it is a paradox; “over” means you want a reply and “out” means you do not expect a reply.