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TIL that until 1974, a married American woman couldn't have a credit card in her own name, without her husband's permission.

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rRARo TIL during a dinner party at Windsor castle, the Queen danced to ABBA's Dancing Queen, much to the amusement of guest. She reportedly said, "I always try to dance when this song comes on, because I am the Queen, and I like to dance.”
rlV4 TIL The King of Bhutan wears a crown surmounted by the head of a raven. At one time it was a capital crime to kill a raven in Bhutan.
bD6p TIL that in 2006, the BBC accidentally filmed a live TV interview with a job applicant due to a waiting room mix-up.
0wZvv TIL that Keanu Reeves was initially offered Val Kilmer's role in the 1995 film Heat. He turned it down to play Hamlet in a 789 seat theatre in Manitoba.
d77 TIL a lawyer used his will to found a library into which no woman would be allowed, nor would the works of any women enter.