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TIL Barbados wants to remove Queen Elizabeth II as their Head of State by November 30th, 2021.

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9YZPB TIL that painting the tops of school buses white dropped interior temperature 10°F on avg. during the summer, with as much as a 17° difference at peak hours. Wintertime temperatures only lowered by 3 to 4°.
R9K4 TIL that Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani owns the world’s second most expensive residence in the world, a 27-storey high building containing 21 elevators, 600 staff and 37,000 m2 (400,000 sq ft) of living space. The residence is valued at more than US$ 1 billion.
4Y6J TIL that Mike Tyson was addicted to coke and alcohol, getting high before some of his major fights. He used a fake penis with another person’s urine to avoid detection.
LQAjd TIL that sleeping too much is associated with greater risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes than sleeping too little in adults over 45.
8PdZ TIL That the first example of wearable computing was a ring with a usable Abacus in 16th century China