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TIL That you will be fined in Australia if you do not vote.

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7r5BO TIL researchers found that double decker bus drivers were twice as likely to have heart attacks as their bus conductor colleagues. The drivers sat for 90% of their shifts, the conductors climbed about 600 stairs a day
YQXr TIL that the US Secret Service has an SUV with anti-IED jammers and anti-missile radar in the presidential motorcade. It is believed that if a rocket is detected, infrared smoke grenades are detonated while the president’s driver activates a thermal-imaging driving system to escape.
69XXZ TIL despite Henry VIII's difficulties to produce a heir, he had several illegitimate children and only acknowledged one.
NX0lJ TIL of the 1866 shipwreck of the General Grant near New Zealand. Of the 83 on board only 15 survived the sinking and became castaways on Auckland Island. After nine months four of the survivors attempted to row for help and were never seen again. After 16 months the last survivors were rescued.
e0lEn TIL that in the US from 1951 to 1963, the rate of tax for the highest earners was 91-92%.