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TIL - Belgium went 589 days without a government

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X0Bpk TIL that when cars were new, hitting a pedestrian was a serious matter called a motor killing. As it happened more as there were more cars and more crashes, Car Manufacturers hired public relations spin doctors to invent the word Jaywalker to shift fault to pedestrians for getting hurt and dying.
6E61l TIL The only real world example of sky pirates happened in 1917 when a Norwegian ship was captured by a German raiding party who boarded and seized the ship from a Zeppelin.
QR69 TIL that on October 19, 1864 Confederate soldiers slipped across the border from Canada and looted and robbed their way through Vermont during the American Civil War. They stole $208,000 or around $3 million in 2014 money
PY0GZ TIL that women could not vote in Liechteinstein until 1984, when 51.3% of men voted for it, after rejecting it in three previous referendums.
v7D4 TIL of Jack Lucas. He joined the Marines at 13 to fight in WW2, survived a blast after jumping on two grenades to save his team, and later survived a free fall from an airplane after both of his parachutes failed.