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TIL There is no age limit to be the House Speaker, you just have to be a US Citizen to be 3rd in the line of succession.

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jOkn TIL when co-inventing the CD, Sony and Phillips agreed the length should be 74 minutes as to fit Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
j6n8M TIL in 1864 near Platte Valley, Nebraska where George Martin and his two sons were attacked by Sioux warriors near their homestead. As the boys fled on horseback, a single arrow pierced both pinning them together and causing them to fall; though presumed dead they survived to tell the story.
l7Yxr TIL that the first colour frames in a film were used to be hand painted, by female artists.
ElgX TIL a 2006 trial of an autoimmune drug that was found to be safe in mice, caused human volunteers fingers and toes to die within minutes of taking it and left them with multiple organ failures.
b6kMj TIL the Easter Whip tradition in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, and parts of Hungary involves splashing girls with water and spanking them with decorated willow branches on Easter Monday. This is believed to ensure their health, beauty, and fertility for the next year.