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TIL that Sussex's administrative subdivisions are called 'rapes'.

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QQ7e TIL that the straight, wide boulevards of Paris were designed such that artillery could easily fire on rioting crowds.
6ErQQ TIL of the “Buckskin Girl” murdered 40 years ago, and unable to be identified but named after her coat. In 2017 an unrefrigerated lab vial of her blood was successfully DNA analysed. Her mother was located still living in the same house, refusing to move or change phone numbers hoping for her return
R55Yl TIL Mississippi in 1984 was the last state to sign the amendment allowing women to vote.
78M8P TIL although the US Coast Guard is the second smallest US military service branch in terms of membership, the service by itself is the world's 12th largest naval force.
a8Q9L TIL the 1922 Nosferatu movie was ordered by court to have all copies of it destroyed, Bram Stoker's widow considered it too alike to Dracula and sued over the adaptation's copyright violation. Some copies survived and Nosferatu went on to become one of the most influential horror films of all time.