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TIL for a person to be able to stand for election to the UK Parliament, they must possess citizenship of either UK, Ireland or any of the 53 Commonwealth of Nations member-countries (UK is the 54 member).

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NlKQ TIL the man who received the world’s first penis transplant conceived a child 6 months after the surgery.
GB9j TIL that Rihanna was sued for her use of the sample “Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa” in her song “Please Don’t Stop the Music” because she only got permission for using it via Michael Jackson from his use of the sample in “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin” and not from the original artist Manu Dibango.
7rNmr TIL in November 1942, the Holy Cross Crusaders beat the Boston College Eagles. The Eagles had scheduled a presumptive victory party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, but cancelled it after the loss. Therefore, they were absent when the club caught fire, killing 492 people.
9wDn6 TIL There are over 13,000 bird strikes annually in the US alone
REww TIL Not long before Elvis Presley’s death, a group of Scientologists once tried to recruit Elvis. After the meeting, Elvis fumed: “The hell with those people. There’s no way I’ll ever get involved with that s.o.b. group. All they want is my money.”