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TIL the Majority of Millennials and Gen Z use subtitles when streaming TV

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xVQNo TIL the Russian Tsar asked a merchant to deliver a message to the English queen Elizabeth, nicknamed the Virgin Queen, asking for help as his own wife had difficulty conceiving. The English response was to send a midwife, which was not well received by the Russian court
GA18Q TIL that the "lower bar" on women's bikes is antiquated and was created to accommodate the heavy dresses women wore in the late 1800s
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