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TIL the province of Quebec never officially approved a series of amendements made to the Canadian Constitution in 1982. Efforts by the Canadian government to secure their approval in 1987 and 1992 both failed. The Supreme Court ruled that Quebec's formal approval was not necessary.

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YpM1W TIL that Charlie Chaplin claimed to have slept with over 2,000 women, and his partners have described him as ‘a human sex machine’ and ‘hung like a horse’. He had a party trick where he would impersonate the orgasms of famous actresses.
0LBj TIL in 1993 when a US Military food scientist was asked what should be used in the pictograph instructions to prop up the heater of their new “Meal, Ready-to-Eat” rations, he replied “I don’t know. Let’s make it a rock or something.” The rock illustration and the iconic phrase remain on MREs today.
mxav TIL: In 1965 Mattel Inc. came out with a Slumber Party Barbie, complete with bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs and a book entitled “How to Lose Weight” with directions on the back stating simply: “Don’t eat.” Barbie, IRL, would have a BMI of 16.24.
aw9YZ TIL the actor who played Dr. John Spivey in the movie “One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest” was a real doctor who during shooting, diagnosed actor William Redfield with leukemia who died only a year later
QJrJp TIL about Hemicorporectomy. The amputation of the entire lower body, including the pelvis, the genitals, the anus, the urinary system and rectum.