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TIL that Australians are entitled by law to a repair/replace/refund on whatever they buy

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edm5 TIL thousands of afghans share January 1st as their birthday because they don’t know when their real birthday is.
epd6L TIL Mick Fleetwood and John McVie of Fleetwood Mac play on Werewolves of London. Warren Zevon and his band wrote the song, but Jackson Browne and T Bone Burnett performed it before he did.
lo1V5 TIL that Detroit has the worst 911 response time in America, with police & EMS taking over an hour to show up. In 2013, despite numerous 911 calls, police arrived 90 minutes later to find Stacey Hightower had been murdered by an intruder. Her mother sued the city of Detroit, but they were bankrupt.
R7Nna TIL Beaver’s teeth are fortified with iron, which causes the orange coloring, and allows them to the “chew” wood.
v1N5R TIL sugar is an effective treatment when applied topically to antibiotic resistant MrSA