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TIL that America’s first female mayor was elected in 1887. A group of men nominated her as a joke, but she won over 60 percent of the vote.

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rRPKw TIL about the Republic of Vermont, an independent republic that lasted from 1777 to 1791, which, after breaking away from Quebec, fought with the Americans against the British in the Revolutionary War, and was admitted to the union as a counterweight to the slave state of Kentucky.
7rpP Til When forks were first introduced in 11 century Tuscany they were condemned by the clergy, arguing that human fingers were created by god and only they were worthy to touch god’s bounty. 100 yrs later introduced to England by Sir Thomas Becket. The Spork was of course the work of Witches
nejOr Til monkeys with smaller testicles scream louder to compensate.
epEek TIL that jawbreakers have been known to explode when left out in the sun, causing serious injuries. This is because the layers of candy within heat at different rates.
p8kap TIL that Adolf Hitler had a nephew named William Patrick Hitler, who was born in the UK in 1911. He tried blackmailing the Fuhrer, and later immigrated to the US in 1939. He was drafted into the USN in 1944, and after the war, lived quietly in Long Island and passed away in 1987.