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TIL over half of the states in the US impose a strict mandatory retirement age on their state’s Supreme Court, with age 70 being required for 18 of them

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5Lrp TIL that David Niven was the only British star in Hollywood to enlist during World War 2. When suspicious American guards asked during the Battle of the Bulge who had won the World Series in 1943, he answered “Haven’t the foggiest idea … but I did co-star with Ginger Rogers in ‘Bachelor Mother’!”
rROd TIL that by throwing a stone into water, you’ll be performing the entire national anthem of the Swedish micronation Ladonia
N76D6 TIL in 2001 Disney closed one of its waterparks called River COuntry, but instead of tearing it down, Disney chose to leave it there to rot away, abandoned.
woO98 TIL that in the background of the movie Stuart Little is a long lost painting. an art historian spotted it and it turned out to be the original.
xjd5 TIL in 1983 Redondo Beach, CA passed a resolution to adopt a new Official Bird. They chose the Goodyear Blimp.