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TIL that the Australian constitution has has a subsection (called the Race Power) dedicated to allowing the legislative to make law only affecting a specific race of people.

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jNYBR TIL - A man suffering from gastrointestinal distress in a Kansas Home Depot mens room provided a friendly warning to other bathroom goers by saying: “You need to get out of here because I’m fixin’ to blow it up.” Police were called on suspicion of a bomb threat. No charges were laid.
97GD TIL despite over 5 million square feet of floor space, the Pentagon in Washington was constructed in such a way that no point in the building is more than a 10 minute walk from any other point in the building.
ZgVa TIL - The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. If you scale this to 46 years then the human race has been here for just 4 hours. The Industrial Revolution began just 1 minute ago and in that time, 50% of the Earth’s forests have been destroyed.
xoY0 TIL in 2011 a Swedish man was arrested for attempting to split atoms in his kitchen. Radium, americium and uranium were all found in his home.
v1XML TIL that Waffle House serves 2% off all the eggs eaten in America