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TIL about university constituencies, which allows universities to have seat at a legislative body. Countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and the Virginia Colony used to have these and Rwanda and Ireland still have them

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EgyMw Today I learned from the 1950s to 1970s, attempts were made at running bus services between London and India. The trip took about 50 days, cost about $100, and buses are said to have included private bunks and even a kitchen.
dLpQ TIL on June 29, 1995, a department store in Seoul, Korea collapsed, killing 500 people. During construction, the owner insisted on adding an unauthorized 6th floor with a swimming pool. When his engineers protested, they were fired.
ypeV TIL Cats are happier and healthier when they are given “food puzzles” which help them follow their foraging instincts.
kJdY1 TIL that antisemitic violence continued in Poland after WW2, with the Kielce Pogrom taking place on July 4th 1946, and resulting in 42 Jews being killed and 40 wounded
5v9r TIL That Liberal, MO was founded as an atheist/“freethinker” utopia in 1880. Sunday evenings at the town hall had lectures from scientist, philosophers, and even Christian ministers/priest with the only limitation being to keep a respectable decorum.