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TIL Sia is the only woman over 40 to get a number one U.S. hit song in the 21st century (with "Cheap Thrills")

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ja1j TIL: one of the reasons America has Electoral College is because James Madison was worried about “tyranny of the majority”, which involves a scenario in which a majority places its own interests above those of a minority group.