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TIL that 'The Nutbush' is only danced in Australia. Who says we don't have any culture?

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5NDn TIL the oldest surviving spears in the world are some 300,000 years old and not even made by Homo Sapiens
4kXGa TIL an Airbus helicopter has been landed on the summit of Mt. Everest
M6Za TIL that Creme Puff, the world’s oldest known cat, lived to be 38 years old. Born in 1967, and died in 2005.
d8wD8 TIL Bela Lugosi, famous for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the 1931 film, and other horror movies, was buried in full Dracula costume, cape and all.
Mxa8 TIL that according to the Democracy Index (created by a business within the Economist Group), only 25 countries are full democracies. 53 are flawed democracies, 36 are hybrids and 53 are authoritarian.