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TIL women couldn’t wear pants on the Senate floor until 1993

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grWRX TIL there are actually three Lunar Roving Vehicles parked on the moon. These were left behind from the final three Apollo missions - 15, 16 and 17 (Aug 1971, Apr 1972 and Dec 1972 respectively). For the last 50 years, I have believed only one LRV was ever taken to the moon.
JWjk TIL The Constitution of Nepal states that if the President is male, the Vice President must be female, and vice versa
GYJJJ TIL that a 'stereotype' was originally a plaster-cast copy of a block of typeset letters, that printers could use to reprint unchanged text (for example books) without having to re-set the type from scratch
1DBd TIL that a newspaper posted a poll asking readers if watching Blackfish – a documentary critical of SeaWorld for keeping orcas captive – changed their opinions of SeaWorld. The results were “No.” It was later revealed that 55% of the votes came from a single IP-address … hosted by SeaWorld
kJQEW TIL Corey Feldman was only paid $1500 to voice Donatello in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles