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TIL female pilots called “WASP’s” were employed to fly military aircraft. When faced with the ultimatum to commission these women, they were instead disbanded and told to be housewives. They were finally granted veteran status in 1977 and given the “Congressional Gold Medal” in 2009.

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b9eL7 TIL of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) who were assigned to fight with the French Army in WWI because US commanders refused to accept them for combat duty with white American troops - They went on to become the most decorated American unit of the war.
BroDW TIL in 2016 when Kyrgyzstan sought to amend their constitution, they couldn't find their official copy of it
awyKo TIL that before the 1930s up to 45% of the male population of Mongolia were Buddhist monks. By the democratic revolution in 1990 there were only 30 practicing monks.
6EQG7 TIL of Britain's ghost trains - rare train services in the UK which only see a couple of passengers every day. They're only there because closing lines and stations is difficult and costly, and rail companies would rather run infrequent services than go through the cumbersome process.
BLke TiL: In one season of the Dutch version of “Survivor,” the men and women were split and given their own islands. At the end of 8 days, the men had a “Cafe on the beach,” while the women were stealing from each other and had not yet built a hut; the women approved of a tribe merger.