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TIL that up until the mid-1980’s, female flight attendants in the US were required to be single (either unmarried or widowed) and were fired if they decided to get married.

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wjoJ TIL That Elevators contain mirrors in order to make the elevator seem larger to help people who are claustrophobic.
yAkX TIL former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson was a sexual maniac who nicknamed his penis “Jumbo” and he would often urinate in public. If anyone confronted him while doing so, he would turn around and say “have you ever seen anything as big as this?”
XEAYk TIL that scientists taught monkeys how to use money and they began budgeting, buying when prices were low, prostituting themselves and even performed a robbery!
7j7M TIL that after four weeks of testimony and over 70 witnesses, a jury in Memphis Tennessee found the United States Government guilty of conspiracy to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. The King family, who filed the civil suit, was awarded $100.
a84Oo TIL that the phrase “it’s bedlam in here” comes from the psychiatrist hospital Bethlehem Royal Hospital which was founded in 1247 and is still running today. “Bedlam” came from slurring “Bethlehem.” It was known for excessive cruelty and brutality that wealthy people would visit for entertainment.