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TIL women (and only women) used to be banned from smoking in public.

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0wLop TIL of King Bansah, an African king that lives in Germany and work as a mechanic at the same time that rules his kingdom in Ghana.
Knwa TIL that the first woman to serve in the US senate was Rebecca Latimer Felton in 1922. She was 87 and served for only one day. She championed prison reform, women’s rights, and education. She was the last member of Congress to have owned slaves, was a white supremacist and openly supported lynching.
LBxm TIL In the original print of The Hobbit, Gollum offered Bilbo the One Ring as a reward to winning the riddle game. J.R.R. Tolkien revised the scene in later editions of The Hobbit to fit the concept of the ruling ring while writing Lord Of The Rings.
QJXjE TIL that in some public bathrooms, blue lights are installed in place of regular lights in an attempt to deter people wanting to inject drugs, because the blue lights make it harder to see your veins.
gr90D TIL Prince shares several songwriting credits with his father