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TIL since June 21st, 1949 the role of Treasurer of the United States has been held by a woman. The treasurer's signature features on all dollar bills during their tenure.

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dAL9 TIL that some Gilligan’s Island viewers had no idea the show was scripted and sent letters to the Coast Guard urging them to rescue everybody on the island.
VMwQG TIL on the Korean island of Jeju there is a community of women divers (Haenyeo) who carry on a centuries old tradition of free diving for seafood delicacies. Now declining in numbers due to commercial fishing, most Haenyeo today are between 60-80 years old and have been diving over 50 years.
5oQB TIL John Swartzwelder, a contributor to The Simpsons, liked writing and chainsmoking in a coffee shop so much that when California banned smoking in public places, he simply purchased his regular booth, installed it in his home, and continued his work as if nothing had changed.
KOkAR TIL some lab employees at CERN, the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, carried out a “prank” where they staged a human sacrifice in front of their statue of shiva
J1Ajk TIL about Saint Patrick’s Battalion, a unit of Irish-American immigrants who fought for the Mexican Army in the the Mexican-American War