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TIL Australia has no national Bill of Rights making it the only democracy in the world with this limitation in their legal system.

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D67D TIL the families of the columbine shooters have paid out millions in settlements to the victims and their families.
6EyDQ TIL there is a paleontologist named David Schwimmer, the same name as the actor who played paleontologist Ross Geller on Friends
D18bp TIL that stethoscope was invented because the inventor felt uncomfortable placing his ear directly onto a woman's chest
8eR7K TIL that Coretta Scott King graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and was a classically trained singer who gave Freedom Concerts to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement.
j6w8j TIL Human poop, which takes about a year to biodegrade, is an environmental hazard because it can pollute water sources and infect native fauna. Giardia, salmonella, E. coli, and even hepatitis can be passed from humans to animals via discarded feces