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TIL mini golf was invented in 1867 because women couldn’t play ‘real golf’ because Victorian manners meant women couldn’t raise clubs over their shoulders on backswings.

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OQk7 TIL that Jane Roe is now a strong Pro-Life supporter. She is actively working in order to get the Supreme Court to overturn her case, Roe v Wade.
emNn TIL there are only two countries in the world Coca-Cola is not officially sold: North Korea and Cuba
5Jd9 TIL that Canada Post has assigned postal code H0H 0H0 to the North Pole.
M7KLB TIL that Neapolitan pizza originated in Italy. Since 2004, Neapolitan pizza has been required by Italian law to have wheat flour, flour yeast, peeled tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, sea salt, and olive oil in order to qualify as pizza.
DDVr TIL a study found that German raised children of white and black American soldiers had nearly identical IQ’s. Many have interpreted this to mean racial IQ differences found in other studies are due to cultural and environmental factors.