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TIL - ‘The Napoleonic Code’ gave Women the Right to Divorce, Freedom of Religion, Forbade Privileges Based on Birth, and instituted much more. It’s regarded as one of the few documents that have influenced the world.

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wLxoY TIL of the Sharp EL-8061 - essentially a pocket-watch/calculator hybrid
VvLD TIL in 1996, a small town in Utah mistakenly booked Rage Against the Machine at a venue for tractor and monster truck shows. The locals panicked and businesses boarded up thinking the band’s followers would riot and vandalize everything.
1aedO TIL of the HMS Trinidad, which while escorting an allied convey to the Soviet Union, engaged with German destroyers and managed to damage itself with its own torpedo
kJ8p1 TIL Gorillaz famous "Clint Eastwood" riff is just a preset in Damon Albarn's omnichord
xVrxg TIL that as recently as 2003 homosexual relationships were illegal in 14 states; until the Supreme Court struck down these laws.