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TIL that there are symbols beyond the percent sign %: permille sign ‰ and permyriad sign ‱

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l7x0V TIL In Britain during the First World War white feathers, which symbolized cowardice, were often given to males out of uniform by women to shame them publicly into signing up to join the war.
VMjoQ Til that British spies once tried putting female hormones in Hitler's food in order to feminize Hitler and "Make him less aggressive, and more docile- akin to his sister."
9wrR6 TIL that while Florida accounts for 9% of America’s insurance claims, it accounts for 79% of the nation’s home insurance lawsuits.
rn8M TIL directly after JFK was assassinated, his wife Jackie refused to remove her blood-stained clothes or have the blood washed from her face and hands. She continued like this aboard Air Force 1 during LBJ’s oath-of-office, telling Lady Bird Johnson, “I want them to see what they have done…”
Z8QXv TIL that the West Indie's top cricketer Kraigg Brathwaite was scrawny as a kid, and got bullied by his Combermere School (Barbados) bus mates. A girl, 4 years his senior, protected him. She beat up the bullies & took Kraigg on her lap. Her name: Robyn Fenty, a.k.a. Rihanna.