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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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XEYAQ TIL that the sound used when planes are going down and crashing in films is the sound of a siren fitted onto a Nazi dive bomber. The siren was fazed out towards the end of the war since the siren had considerable drag and the pilots hated having to listen to the whine during the entire flight.
pYmg4 TIL: Only 58% of British homes had a refrigerator by 1970. NONE of which had a built in freezer
PYKRw TIL Eliza Jumel wife of Aaron Burr(3rd VP of the USA who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel) hired Alexander Hamilton Jr. as her divorce lawyer. Alexander Hamilton Jr.'s mom's name was Eliza as well. His wife was also named Eliza. Oh and he had a sister named Eliza.
Eg1yd TIL Johnny Depp once joined a film project for the Make a Film Foundation to help realize the dreams of a teen living with stage 4 cancer. Other big names included J.K. Simmons, Laura Dern and Sam Raimi.
lowP5 TIL Electrons in nuclear reactor water pools emit their own erie blue glow. Electrons can travel faster than light underwater and are called superliminal. The friction creates Cerenkov radiation which creates the blue light.