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TIL from 1902-1962, Maoris could vote in Australia but Aborigines could not. It was believed that 'an Aboriginal was not as intelligent as a Maori'.

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78pRx TIL about the man who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in football padding to impress his wife. She watched him die on impact and told the press, “it was the last thing he did, and it was a failure.”
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