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TIL There is a man drought in Australia. 100,000 fewer men than women.

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j6bVn TIL that the unresolved disappearance of former Mason William Morgan in 1826 led to the emergence of the first third party in the United States, the “Anti-Masonic Party,” formed outside the two major parties of the time: the Jacksonian Democrats and the National Republicans
NXXWb TIL that the Sesame Street song "Rubber Duckie" peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 26th, 1970. It also reached #10 in Australia.
59OD TIL Krusty the Clown was supposed to be revealed to be Homer Simpsons secret identity but the idea was dropped being too complex
6EJG8 TIL of Nancy Hart, a heroine of the American revolutionary war celebrated for repeatedly outsmarting and killing loyalist soldiers in Georgia.She is best known for an incident where she singlehandedly incapacitated 6 Tory soldiers who walked into her home and demanded that she cook a turkey for them
VBZB4 TIL the last living veteran of the 1853 Crimean War died in 2004: Timothy, a Greek tortoise captured from a Portuguese ship, served as a mascot throughout the war