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D1MmV TIL that the reason that Australia is formally named "The Commonwealth of Australia" is that the framers who wrote the Australian Constitution were obsessed with a book called "The American Commonwealth" that described American democracy in the 1870's. They give it the same "reverence as the Bible".
pLdO TIL according to odds its more likely to give birth to 13 boys in a row than it is to have triplets.
18oO TIL up until 2006, Russian cosmonauts used to carry triple barreled pistols to space stations (including the ISS) as part of their survival kit. The pistols supported rifle bullets, shotgun shells and flares, and were intended to be used as a defense against predators after the landing.