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TIL alcohol is prohibited in the British Parliament with one exception: the chancellor can drink while delivering the annual budget statement.

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8apDL TIL the flag is flown at half-staff during periods of mourning to make room for the "invisible flag of death" above it.
mDjo TIL that Jerry Maren, a 96-year-old dwarf, is the only Munchkin cast member from The Wizard of Oz still alive. He was one of the three members of the Lollipop Guild. Here he is singing the Lollipop Guild song in 2013.
yVYml TIL about Ol Doinyo Lengai: A unique and active volcano in Tanzania that erupts relatively low temperature natrocarbonatite lava that is black when liquid and dries white.
eQZE TIL the Australian Mk 3 Centurion 169041 was nicknamed “The Atomic Tank” due to it surviving a 9.1kt blast from 460m away. The tank was simply driven off after the test and went on to spend another 23 years in service, including time in the Vietnam war.
78GP TIL that in Russia, to combat low birth rates, Lenin created “Conception Day,” a holiday where citizens didn’t have to go to work so they could try and make babies.