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TIL that there used to be elephants on the islands of Sicily and Malta that had Islander dwarfism and only reached a height of 3 Ft. (90 Cm)

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XyG8 TIL the line ‘well-behaved women seldom make history’ as a call for women to 'misbehave’ is a misinterpretation of the original context. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, the historian who wrote these words, was lamenting that so many women who made positive impacts on society are overlooked by history.