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TIL that prior to the 25th Amendment, there was no mechanism in the United States Constitution for filling vice presidential vacancies. The US has been without a vice president on 16 occasions for a cumulative 37 years.

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9wgVQ TIL dummer boy Charley king was the youngest soldier to die in the American civil war. At the battle of Antietam he was wounded by a shell. He died of wounds in a field hospital near the battlefield on 20 September 1862. He was 13 years old
95Op TIL wasps have facial recognition skills on par with humans.
vk1K TIL the lyrics of O Canada in English talk about protecting the country, while in French they talk about the country protecting its people.
RoaQ TIL Chinese people hate seat-belts so much they wear fake ones on their t-shirts and use novelty buckles (including bottle openers) to silence the alarms.
b6xe7 TIL of Angus Barbieri, who fasted for 382 days in order to lose weight. He ate nothing, and had only zero calorie drinks, vitamins, electrolytes and yeast. He successfully lost the weight, and returned to normal life.