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TIL That there are beauty pageants that focus on natural beauty and love from ones community

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gYQ8 TIL that in 1861, the entire student body of the University of Mississippi enlisted in the Confederate Army as a single company. They suffered a 100% casualty rate during the Civil War.
L7Rm TIL that the only country in the world where women cannot vote is Vatican City
Abvd TIL North Korean exists because Taiwan exists: China was prevented by the US 7th Fleet from invading Taiwan in June 1950, so Mao Zedong announced China would enter the Korean war with the invasion force originally intended for Taiwan, and by October this force saved North Korea from imminent defeat
EgyeP TIL about Hilda Yolanda Mayol, a woman who survived the 9/11 attacks. 2 months later she boarded AA Flight 587 out of JFK, 5 minutes after take off the plane would crash and all 260 occupants perished - the 2nd deadliest aviation incident in US History.
4koEg TIL that in 1986, a French woman invested several months of her time to gain the necessary qualifications to operate a helicopter. She then proceeded to rent one, fly it over a prison, and successfully extract her husband, a convicted bank robber, from the prison's roof.