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TIL that Minnie Mouse's full name is actually Minerva

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deX8 TIL during World War 1, feminists and suffragettes handed out white feathers to shame men into enlisting in the army and lobbied for instituting an involuntary draft of men, including those who lacked votes due to being too young or not owning property.
VMeRB TIL that Julia Morgan was the first woman to be admitted to the architecture program at l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the first woman architect licensed in California. She became William Randolph Hearst's principal architect, working on Hearst Castle from 1919 to 1947.
a8j0N TIL that only 100 years ago, we (humans) thought that the "Milky Way" and the "Universe" were the same thing, until Edwin Hubble determined that there were "other" galaxies.
4p5N TIL ants were the first non-human meat farmers. An African breed of ants raises other bugs for food.
WwwB TIL: The gold we can see on our planet came from stars that “died twice”