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TIL that the Australian Senate is comprised of elected members who actively take part in legislation, whereas in other countries that use the Westminster system, e.g. the U.K. and Canada, the upper house of government is appointed and mostly just reviews bills that the lower house sends their way.

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p8knA TIL Larry Hillblom, the H of DHL, regularly took "sex safari" trips to Asia to prey on underage girls. When he died in a plane crash, 4 of the illegitimate children he fathered were able to claim $50 million each from his estate.
9wJrX TIL in 1907 Kodak introduced real photo postcards, a service that enabled customers to make postcards from any photo they took. As photos at the time were a luxury for many, RPPC helped allow people to share images from their daily lives with family and friends.
DQeVJ TIL that the APA declassified homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973
P1ANO TIL any person who succesfuly parachutes out of a failing aircraft is eligible to join the caterpillar club. You get a certificate as well as a caterpillar shaped pin and get to join their annual gatherings. People who escaped a failing aircraft with no parachute are denied entry
XXrX TIL of Dr. Hawley Crippen, an unfaithful husband who was executed in 1910 for the murder of his wife Cora, after parts of a decomposed body were found in his cellar. Crippen claimed she had left him for another man and moved away. In 2007, DNA evidence indicated that the body was not Cora’s.