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TIL: Many states allows your dog to be a witness at your wedding. Some states allow the dog to also officiate your wedding with a paw print.

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E14E7 TIL that the remains of Pocahontas's wedding chapel were found in Jamestown by archaeologists in 2010. The mud-walled structure, where Pocahontas married John Rolfe in 1614, was "the first major English church building in North America."
7rdrZ TIL "Yankee Doodle" was written by the British to mock americans. "Doodle" is thought to come from the German "dödel", meaning "fool" or "simpleton" and "macaroni," a flamboyantly stylish type of dress, painting the Yankees as morons who thought placing a feather in one's cap made them a "dandy."
Gbw7 TIL a stunt woman in back to the future II nearly died during the hover board scene when she fell 30 feet and broke bones in her face, arm and hand. The scene made it into the movie.
VBoOQ TIL That when Jeanette Rankin took her seat as Montana's Congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives in 1917, she became the first woman ever elected to sit in a national parliament. To date, she is also the only woman ever elected to represent Montana in Congress.
9wkLr TIL one of the holiest sites in Shinto, the Ise Grand Shrine in Japan is rebuilt completely using traditional materials and methods every 20 years, costing ~500 million USD every time. This includes everything inside the complex except the Sacred Mirror. The next scheduled rebuilding is in 2033.