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TIL Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia all have a higher proportion of women in parliament than the USA does in congress

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KvEJ TIL the band Kansas had one shot to impress a record producer in the small town of Ellinwood, Kansas. In order to look as good as possible the band promised free beer to all people who attended. The venue was packed and the producer signed them.
e0PRL TIL Mona Lisa died from The Plague
P1k6e TIL Raghavasimhan Sankaranarayanan, a PhD student at Georgia Tech created Hathaani - a robotic violinist designed to play Carnatic music
wo6a8 TIL the zipper, originally called the “Hookless Fastener” and patented as the “Separable Fastener” in the 1910s, was first used on tobacco pouches and boots. By the 1920s and 1930s, it gained popularity in children’s clothing and men’s trousers.
86ZX TIL 8000 people follow a twitter account called “Cologne Cathedral” that tweets “DONG” every hour. The amount of “DONGs” shows the time.