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TIL a swedish transexual was kicked out of a feminist movement, bullied, then committed suicide for being a man.

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Ooylg TIL a woman in France accidentally received a phone bill of €11,721,000,000,000,000 (million billion). This was 5000x the GDP of France at the time. It took several days of wrangling before the phone company finally admitted it was a mistake and she owed just €117.21. They let her off.
X0GaD TIL - 'Who Let the Dogs Out' by Baha Men isn't actually about dogs but is a critique of men who engage in disrespectful behavior like catcalling women. The "dogs" referenced in the song symbolize such men, and the lyrics call them out for their behavior. It’s a feminist anthem.
4X0Xa TIL about the “Great Compression”, a period after WWII where economic inequality decreased and economic prosperity increased in the US.
ooEW TIL in 2009, scientists discovered that a single, ant mega-colony had colonized much of the world on a scale rivaled only by human civilization, including 1 super colony spanning 3,700 miles along the Mediterranean coast.
jNlOa TIL that prior to the 1950's, Los Angeles was sometimes pronounced with a "hard G".