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TIL Russia has a retirement age of 55 for Women and 60 for Men.

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nenjr TIL when shooting the cover for Pink Floyd's "Animals", the giant inflatable pig that was used for it broke loose from its moorings. It flew over Heathrow, and pilots spotted it flying 30,000 feet in the air, resulting in cancelled flights. It eventually landed at a farm in Kent, scaring some cows.
5v9r TIL That Liberal, MO was founded as an atheist/“freethinker” utopia in 1880. Sunday evenings at the town hall had lectures from scientist, philosophers, and even Christian ministers/priest with the only limitation being to keep a respectable decorum.
jWkM TIL Henery Shrapnel in 1784 invented a hollow cannon ball that would be filled with shot and gun powder,and exploded over the enemies
9YDvB TIL the game developer HAL Laboratory got its name because "each letter put them one step ahead of IBM"
0wReM TIL about “The Philidelphia Incident”. A Relatively Unknown Bill Burr Verbally Destroyed the City with a Savage Rant After Watching His Friends Get Booed Off Stage One After Another and Propelling Himself Out of Obscurity