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TIL: In 1914 The Suffragettes tried to blow up the Coronation Chair

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0w8Q1 TIL In 1891 women throughout Victoria went door to door, gathering signatures for a women’s suffrage petition, which became known as the ‘Monster Petition'. The petition was approximately 260 metres long and contained nearly 30,000 signatures, including that of Jane Munro, the Premier’s wife.
1bXO TIL that after the iconic dance scene in Pulp Fiction, you see Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace holding a trophy. It’s assumed they won the contest, but later in the film, a barely audible advert states the trophy had, in fact been stolen.
GbR1 TIL there is a garbage swirl in the ocean the size of Texas.
4brJ TIL that between 1924 and 1925, 5.26% of the US population or 6 million people were members of the KKK.
0xaN TIL NES and SNES consoles turn yellow as they age because of a breakdown of a flame retardant chemical added to plastics used in older computer hardware.