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TIL Japan was forced to adopt seperate rail/subway cars for women, in an attempt to protect them from constant sexual harassment.

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yQENp TIL an armed robbery attempt ended in a group hug after the victims offered the robber cheese and wine - an example of non-complementary behavior, where an unexpected warm response to a negative demand "flipped the script" of the situation.
ANwRn TIL the Pony Express only existed for 18 months. The enterprise began in April of 1860 and ended in October of 1861. The subsidization and implementation of telegraph lines that began 10 weeks after the Pony Express was founded quickly made it irrelevant.
E1L7W TIL that the state of Rhode Island in 2020 dropped the 'and Providence Plantations' in its name making it no longer the longest official state name
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LxZ0 TIL that Peter III, ruler of Russia, hanged a large rat in public because it had eaten his toy soldiers. Peter was age 25.