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TIL that Ziggy Marley recorded the theme song "Believe in Yourself" for the children's show Arthur

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BrWlL TIL bottom buttons on suits are left unbuttoned because they needed to be unbuttoned while riding a horse. Meanwhile, King Edward VII was too fat for his waistcoat when he was Prince of Wales, so the Court and later everyone in the Empire unbuttoned the bottom of theirs in solidarity.
VKp0 TIL in Arab Algeria, Women make up 70% of Algeria’s lawyers and 60% of its judges. Women dominate medicine. Increasingly, women contribute more to household income than men. 60% of university students are women.
5v4r TIL: Theodore Roosevelt was seen as dangerously loud-mouthed and was given the Vice-Presidency to make sure he was politically powerless.
JY8P8 TIL that phrases commonly found in headlines (such as "experts say" and "new studies show") are called Weasel Words.
4W5a TIL 4 skateboarders in Calgary stepped in to save a woman being sexually assaulted. They scared off the assailant, then chased him down and held him until police arrested him.