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TIL the phrase shit happens was first observed in 1964

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yQmle TIL that in 1920, the town of Jackson, Wyoming elected an all-female town council by a margin of 2-1 over the men, drawing the most voters the town had ever seen. Known as the "pettycoat rulers," the women served for 3 years and did a great deal to clean up the notoriously lawless town.
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7yBp TIL: There are 7 Bible verses about dragons.
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