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TIL Liechtenstein did not grant woman suffrage until July 1, 1984 when it passed a referendum with only 51.3% of the vote.

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LQjD0 TIL that during World War I, the U.S. government urged women to stop buying corsets to conserve metal. This effort reportedly saved 28,000 tons of metal—enough to build two battleships.
MVPa TIL that the word ACME commonly found in Looney Tunes shows stands for “A Company (that) Makes Everything”
YJW7 TIL that at the 1945 Potsdam Conference, Churchill, Truman & Stalin couldn’t agree on who should enter the door to the meeting room first. After much debate, they settled on an agreeable plan: They entered the room at precisely the same time using 3 separate doors
JJv4 TIL Bill Watterson, the author of the cartoon strip Calvin and Hobbs, refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities.
noZW TIL as much as 70 percent of the Chinese population is nearsighted……………