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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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4XnLg TIL that Indian voters get right to reject all election candidates. The Supreme Court ordered the Election Commission to provide a button on the voting machine which would give voters the option to choose "none of the above".
VoO8 TIL under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act, the Loch Ness monster is a protected species.
p8kRO TIL in 2014, New York City had $16 Million in unpaid parking tickets from foreign diplomats. The largest offender was Egypt, with about $1.9 Million. Diplomatic immunity is the main reason that those tickets remained outstanding.
GAlZN TIL that although frankincense was introduced to western Europe by Frankish crusaders, that's not why it's called that; it comes from the Old French word "franc," meaning pure or high-quality.
7KRx TIL of a cobalt bomb, a nuclear weapon designed to maximize nuclear fallout, able to potentially wipe out human life.