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

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epnDg TIL the little loops on the back of men's dress shirts have an official name and use. They're called 'locker loops' and were earlier made on sailors' shirts so they could hang their shirts anywhere on hooks on their ship. Universities later followed to keep their button down uniforms wrinkle-free.
jNmRE TIL that 5,500 Sacajawea dollars that were included in boxes of Cheerios were struck from a different set of master dies than regular Sacajawea dollars, making them with thousands of dollars today.
KOQr4 TIL that in aloquongian myth, the windigo's mortal enemy is the weasel- the weasel kills the windigo by entering through it's anus and eating it's heart.
W741A TIL that, on average, Mercury is the closest planet to Earth and every other planet in our solar system.
VBBy4 TIL Canadian lottery winners must correctly answer a math question without using a calculator before they can claim their winnings