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TIL: A woman was elected to Congress before women had the right to vote.

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jgwn TIL when a city in Indiana replaced all their signaled intersections with roundabouts, construction costs dropped $125,000, gas savings reached 24k gallons/year per roundabout, injury accidents dropped 80%, and total accidents dropped 40%.
6E0eY TIL the domain name ".tv" is actually the country code domain for Tuvalu, a country in Polynesia. Due to its popularity from its similarity to 'television', the Tuvalu government sought to capitalize on it and nearly 10% of its revenue comes from royalties from .tv addresses.
OoYnY TIL of Superstar USA. Essentially "Anti-American Idol" only the worst singers progressed, but were told they were performing well. In the finale they revealed to the "winner" that she was actually a terrible singer, and the show was all a prank.
ZpE0D TIL about Togo the lead sled dog for musher Leonhard Seppala during the 1925 Serum Run to deliver much needed diphtheria medicine to Nome, Alaska. He took a longer (261 miles) and riskier route than other lead dog but his efforts were overshadowed by Balto, the lead dog for the final leg (53 miles).
69DJw TIL of the "Simplified Spelling Board," a movement to simplify English spelling (e.g. "proceed" -> "procede", "bureau" -> "buro") in the early 20th century, notably supported by then-U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.