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TIL Russian voters used to have a box on their ballots to vote for “against all”.

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QNEJd TIL despite their portrayal in popular culture, only two types of Armadillos can roll into a ball, the other types having too many armor plates to be able to do so
4Xngw TIL in 1915, during a historic drought, San Diego hired a “Rain Maker.” He took the job and soon thereafter there was so much rain that there were floods and a dam even broke. They didn’t pay him though. Too much rain.
x6N95 TIL that up to the early 20th century, young boys in the Western world wore dresses. The first time they were allowed to put on trousers was considered a rite of passage.
Z8BMQ TIL that on 9/11, Roselle, Michael Hingson's guide dog, guided him down 78 flights of stairs and to a subway as Tower Two started collapsing. As they came out of the shelter of the subway, Tower One fell, raining down ashes and debris, she then safely led Hingson some 40 blocks to a friend's place
wLBMW TIL that Catherine De Medici maintained 80 ladies-in-waiting, whom she allegedly used as tools to seduce courtiers for political ends. They were known as her "flying squadron". She also used them as a court attraction. In 1577, she threw a banquet at which the food was served by topless women.