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TIL that Iceland had a strike in 1975 called The Long Friday where women didn't do any work for a full day, paid or unpaid. And also learned Iceland is now ranked high in gender equality.

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vPEpR TIL the 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 11M) that occurred March 11th, 2004 resulted in 193 deaths precisely 911 days after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. The main perpetrators went on to receive combined prison sentences of over 100,000 years.
Aydg TIL Morse Code letter lengths correspond to the letter’s usage in Morristown, NJ’s newspaper in 1837.
Wk168 TIL that there are two impact craters, each about 20 miles in diameter, side-by-side in Canada. Despite being next to each other, one struck 465 million years ago, the other 286 million years ago.
8arwb TIL: pets can donate blood for use in surgeries on other animals - and dogs typically donate 450ml, which is the same as humans do (in the UK).
NPaP TIL that 80% of the Germans killed in WWII were killed by Russians.