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TIL 12 states still have not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment.

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N99J TIL: The Cuckoo Bumblebee has lost the ability to collect pollen and to rear their brood. Once a female has infiltrated a host colony, she will kill/subdue the queen of that colony and forcibly “enslave” the workers of that colony to feed her and her developing young.
ObBR TIL that a couple sued AC/DC in 1981 for $250,000 because their telephone number is in the song “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” resulting in hundreds of prank calls.
nerJb TIL the modern polo shirt was designed so the collar would intentionally be popped, preventing the sun from burning tennis players' necks.
XEXLQ TIL that these plants are toxic to pets: peony, mums, daffodil, lily, tulip, iris, foxglove, dieffenbachia (dumb cane,) autumn crocus, sago palm, and rhododendron/azaleas.
69YQX TIL that Iceland has the oldest Parliament in the world, it was established in 930 AD