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TIL New Zealand was the first Country to give Women the right to Vote

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jNpjM TIL of Dorothy Thompson, an American journalist working in Europe in the 1930's. She was granted an interview with Adolf Hitler in 1931, after which she referred to him as "... insecure—the very prototype of the Little Man." She eventually became the first American journalist expelled from Germany

Yp5AW TIL mercy dogs were trained during World War I to comfort mortally wounded soldiers as they died in no man's land

oD7 TIL in some Philippine tribes such as the Agta, a young man who reaches puberty is taught how to masturbate by an older man. The young man then masturbates at a ceremony in front of other people.

78rkr TIL that Pappy Van Winkle bourbon, which sells for thousands per bottle, was so undesirable for decades that the brand was sold everywhere from "gimmicky decanters shaped like college mascots" in the 1980s to entire privately sold barrels for only $1200 as late as the early 2000s.

RrYw TIL that in the 80s the Medellin Cartel had a complex in the jungle called Tranquility-land; it had 19 cocaine laboratories, 8 airstrips, running water, its own electricity system and bedrooms for the workers. When it was raided, 13.8 tons of cocaine were destroyed.