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TIL The Canadian Bill of Rights is not a constitutional document and can be overridden.

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R7Xjw TIL Sudden Adult Death Syndrome accounts for +/-500 deaths per year, deaths with no cause found at autopsy.
16a8V TIL in 1969, top composer Louis Andriessen and others disrupted a Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra concert with nutcrackers and bicycle horns, giving leaflets about the lack of Dutch new music in the orchestra's programming. They did a week in jail but sparked some Dutch music scene change.
Px5G TIL Mohawk Indians were instrumental in building many NYC bridges and skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building. This both contributed to, and was the result of, the myth that American Indians have no fear of heights.
X0eXQ TIL that there’s a medical procedure called “Fecal Transplant” that literally consists in collecting feces, also called stool or poop, from a healthy donor and introduce them into a patient’s gastrointestinal tract. The procedure can control an infection called Clostridium difficile.
xVwo TIL that Prince recalled an album days before it’s release because he had a bad MDMA experience and thought the record was evil.