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TIL on Nov 5, 1872, when American women couldn't vote, Susan B. Anthony voted. She and the election workers refused to pay fines. The judge didn't jail Anthony, which prevented her from taking the case to the Supreme Court, but the workers were jailed (later pardoned by President Ulysses Grant)

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D1MJj TIL there is a memorial to the ten men and women killed by the Beltway Snipers in the Washington DC area in 2002. I grew up in Aspen Hill and currently live just a few miles from where several of the victims were killed on October 3rd of that year. I found the memorial totally by accident today
NKXe TIL With over 4,700 species of frogs, only one (the Pacific Tree Frog) goes “RIBBIT”. Because Hollywood sound engineers recorded clips of local frogs for various films over the years, we associate the “RIBBIT” sound with frogs to this day.
D1E5j TIL that the National flag of Nepal is the only non-quadrilateral national flag in the world.
QN9ga TIL a gamergate is a mated worker ant that can reproduce sexually by laying fertilized eggs that will develop as females. There are 100–200 different species in which gamergates reproduce (roughly 1% of all ants) and in some species the queen caste has been completely replaced by gamergates
6RBZ TIL that the first female governor of Texas was elected in 1924. She said “she would follow the advice of her husband” and voters would get “two governors for the price of one.”