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

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NXBBM TIL that prior to the Battle of Dunbar between Scotland and English parliamentrians, the Scottish army purged the army of all men considered sinful. This lost the Scottish army many experienced officers and may have led to their defeat.
1aeLW TIL that biologists are still yet to confirm how baby eels are made. Much of their lifecycle has many questions. The general consensus is that adult eels migrate to the Sargasso Sea to spawn offspring, but only one adult eel has ever been found in open waters. Nobody has seen two eels mate.
8eMwa TIL that one of the features that what distinguishes the Felinae subfamily of cats (the small cats but including cheetah and cougar) from the Pantherines (lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars) is that they can purr but not roar.
R7bl6 TIL flu season is in the winter because the virus is more stable when the air is colder and drier. It was proven in an experiment exposing guinea pigs the flu in various temperatures and humidity.
696WZ TIL about decade volcanoes: 16 volcanoes with a history of particularly violent eruptions near population centers