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TIL that Switzerland shut down over-the-air TV broadcasts in 2019 to save costs due to low viewership.

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9YwpM TIL in 1901 Spain, a woman adopted a male identity and married another woman. The couple was later discovered and had to escape to Argentina. Their marriage certificate was never annulled, so this is the first recorded same-sex marriage in Spain, 100 years before it was legal.
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