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ne7r7 TIL that up until 2017 the Swiss Air Force operates only on weekdays from 8am to 6pm. They now work weekends but are still limited to office hours.
gMae4 TIL in one canton in Switzerland, citizens use their family sword as voter ID and women were only granted the right to vote in 1991.
vAp7 TIL an activist group in Zurich dyed fountains red to protest tampons being taxed at a rate consistent with luxury products instead of the rate used for daily use items.