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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.

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d8dj TIL Jack Black was a pilot in the 1995 movie Waterworld
OGnxY TIL three of the child actors who played the Artful Dodger in the stage musical Oliver! in the 1960s went on to become famous rock musicians: Steve Marriott (Small Faces and Humble Pie), Davey Jones (The Monkees), and Phil Collins (Genesis and solo).
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