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TIL there’s a town in Brazil made of women. Sons are sent away at 18 and husbands are only allowed to visit on weekends.

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68nm TIL Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada
KOMaw TIL in 1993 an American spelunker found evidence of people living in 2 Ukranian caves during WWII. It was 1942, when a group of families survived the Holocaust by seeking refuge in the caves. Nearly 2 years later, someone left a bottled message alerting all of them the area was safe from Nazis.
VMjn8 TIL that the first American newspaper, Publick Occurrences, was published September 25, 1690
XZB8 TIL in 1997 William Shatner agreed to become the spokesman for Priceline in exchange for some stock in the young company. This has earned him approximately $600 million as the stock soared.
GADkQ TIL modern vehicular cruise control was invented by a blind inventor and mechanical engineer, Ralph Teetor due to being frustrated by his driver's habit of speeding up and slowing down as he talked.