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TIL that "Declinism," the view that the world is going to hell in a hand basket and things were better in the good old days, goes back thousands of years.

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Lkol9 TIL Mexican president Adolfo Cortines granted women the right to vote in presidential elections and stimulated the Mexican economy during the period known as the Mexican Miracle. He always wanted to attend university but was forced to drop out at 16
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