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TIL there was a Women’s Strike of 1975 in Iceland. 90% of women stopped working, cooking, and caring for children, and the entire country ground to a halt.

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v1PrR TIL when George Westinghouse fell into financial problems and asked Nikola Tesla for relief from the royalties Westinghouse agreed to, Tesla tore up the contract that would bring him millions. "I'm not interested in money, I'm interested in leaving something behind for the humankind".
LQoWr TIL the Sixth Crusade was mostly conducted through diplomacy and involved very little actual fighting. Jerusalem was ceded to the Crusaders through Treaty of Jaffa (1229). The reaction to the treaty in both the Christian and Muslim worlds was largely negative.
9YLLr TIL sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth and if swimming around them they can kill a human by causing your body to cook from the inside due to the incredible decibles of noise from their clicking which is louder than the space shuttle launching.
N7gNb TIL of the “asshole” experiments: participants were blocked from walking down a narrow hallway by a researcher who called them an “asshole”. Southern men were far more likely to respond aggressively to the insult than Northern men who shrugged it off.
0wZVy TIL that during a special premiere of the James Bond movie "The World is Not Enough" that was held at the MI6 building in London, MI6 staff cheered when their building was destroyed in the film.