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TIL australia is such a poor and backwards country that the "democracy sausages" they use to bribe people to vote, are not even given to them in buns, they put it in a regular slice of bread instead

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y65p TIL upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the phrase “London Bridge is down” will announce her death to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This will set into motion “Operation London Bridge” (formed in the 1960s), which is the code name for what will happen in the days after she dies.
4Xg6R TIL About “Banned in Boston” where Bostonian Puritans would ban a movie/play/book/artwork and thus add immeasurably to it’s value everywhere else - as it was now officially salacious and forbidden
l70xA TIL that 110 years ago members of the Colorado National Guard opened fire and killed 21 coal miners and their family members when they were on strike for better working conditions.
XE6d8 TIL that from The Munsters, the "Munster Koach" was a hot rod built on a lengthened 1926 Ford Model T chassis with a custom hearse body. It was 18 feet long and cost almost $20,000 to build. The "Drag-u-la" was the combination of an illegally acquired coffin and a Ford Hot Rod.
ANMbw TIL Spontaneous Human Combustion Is (Almost Definitely) a Myth