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TIL Cockroaches grown in space became quicker and stronger than their terrestrial counterparts

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xlDB TIL an unauthorized Harry Potter sequel was sold in China consisting of “The Hobbit” with the names changed to Harry Potter characters
0dW0A TIL that firefighters in Denver need to pass a polygraph test or be disqualified from the testing process
VBw6Z TIL it used to be illegal for women to wear trousers in the USA
p8Eje TIL that a violent Japanese leftist group, the United Red Army, invaded a ski lodge and took the housekeeper hostage, resulting in a bloody ten-day standoff with the police and the first-ever live 24-hour news coverage in Japan
6EWBW TIL that in 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing colony in the world in which all women are given the right to vote.