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TIL that Canadian Senators have a mandatory retirement age of 75.

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p8eO8 TIL at the temperature -20°C or below Emperor Penguins form a huddle (like rugby players) to stay warm. The temperature inside the huddle sometimes gets so hot (37°C) that some penguins come out and eat ice to cool off a bit.
E1evo TIL rapper B.o.B. believes the earth is flat and released a disstrack about astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, which references his beliefs in many other conspiracy theories.
BNDd TIL Puerto Ricans are voting today as to whether or not to become the 51st state.
BkrD TIL in 1975 90% of Icelandic women refused to work, cook and look after children for a day to demonstrate the indispensable work of women for Iceland’s economy and society and to protest wage discrepancy and unfair employment practices
x771 TIL that when it became apparent that Israel was going to win the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, most of the Arabic countries ended their transmission of the contest. This includes Jordan, who replaced the live broadcast with a picture of daffodils and later announced that Belgium had won.