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TIL in 1995 a Walmart store banned a shirt that said “Someday a Woman Will Be President” because it ran afoul of “the company’s family values.”

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l7Pj7 TIL Franklin the Turtle was inspired based on a line from an episode of MAS*H
o8NA TIL of the “American Hippo Bill,” a 1910 plan to introduce hippos to the bayous of Louisiana in order to control populations of water hyacinth (an invasive plant species) and provide a source of meat. The bill fell just short of being passed.
kOpYd TIL that the painting completed at the highest elevation on earth was of the K2 mountain which took 10 days to complete and required the artist to survive off the dirty watercolor paint water.
KYly4 TIL A force of 180 soldiers with only 12 firearms among them met the emperor of the Incas in the middle of a square in the city of Cajamarca. They massacred his retinue of 9000, capturing the emperor, while his army of 80,000 veterans stationed right outside the walls fled in terror without a fight
a19o TIL That men receive a 63% longer prison sentence then women for the same crime.