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TIL Women’s right to vote passed thanks to the vote of Harry Burn, a 23-year old representative. Although he opposed the amendment, his mother convinced him to approve it with a note that said “Don’t forget to be a good boy”

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4XVLN TIL the last words of American murderer Robert Alton Harris. “You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the grim reaper.”
Bweb TIL Queen recorded an alternate version of We Will Rock You, known as the “fast version”, that featured guitar, bass, and drums through the whole song and used it to open most of their live shows
GYQb7 TIL that a DC man with the license plate “NO TAGS” has received $20,000 in tickets due to his plates being the same phrase police use to ticket unregistered cars.
YwVZ TIL In 1979, following the disappearance of Dallas Eggbert, the popular role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons” became the subject of a modern witch hunt called the “Satanic Panic”
GY4PJ TIL of the Burnside Fountain, "Boy With Turtle," infamous in a nearby town for its design. Sculptor Charles Y. Harvey killed himself a week after beginning the piece, claiming to have heard voices coming from inside the sculpture which instructed him to commit suicide on a specific date.