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TIL 1 in 4 Greenlanders attempt suicide once in their lifetime

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QMmE TIL the Rwandan Parliament is the only one in the world with a female majority.
PYGaE TIL the Spanish Inquisition was devoid of its own budget, meaning it depended exclusively on the confiscation of the goods of the denounced. Due to this organization and possibility of abuse, someone wrote a letter to the king saying of the inquisitors "if they do not burn they do not eat".
6Ej7Y TIL of Bessie Coleman, the first African American and Native American female pilot who would only perform if the crowds were desegregated and entered thru the same gates.
m4px TIL that the Nazi party tried to turn Christmas into a nonreligious holiday celebrating the coming of Hitler, with Saint Nicholas replaced by Odin the “Solstice Man” and swastikas on top of Christmas trees.
OGnaa TIL the average gas pump handle is almost 12,000 times dirtier than the average public toilet seat.