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TIL the copyright for the song “Happy Birthday to You” expires in the EU on December 31st, 2016

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lX8r TIL more British passengers died on the Titanic because they queued politely for lifeboats
6OjX TIL a woman’s clitoris at puberty is 1.7x larger than birth, at 32 it is 4x larger, and by the time a woman reaches menopause it’s 7x larger!
AJld TIL the Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because “there was no suitable living candidate.” This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
OoZKL TIL that 4 sailors survived at sea off the coast of New Zealand for 118 days after their trimaran, the Rose-Noelle, was upturned by a rogue wave. They cut holes in the hull, collected rainwater, and eventually caught and cooked fish. They were in such good shape upon return many doubted their story.
R6nw TIL that The Rock holds dual citizenship in US and Canada. Rocky Johnson (The Rock’s father) was born in Nova Scotia. He is descendant of Black Loyalists, who escaped a southern plantation after the American Revolutionary War and emigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada.