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TIL that men actually pioneered wearing high heels and women began wearing them to look more masculine. Men then ditched the heels as not to look feminine. [xpost /r/Feminism]

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mnPY TIL Jesus is mentioned more times in the Koran than Muhammad
5EmQ TIL that a group of “illegal restorers” broke into the Paris Panthéon, set up a secret workshop, and repaired the monument’s broken clock.
NX7eE TIL that the European Union has a defensive alliance. This clause provides that if an EU country is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other EU countries have an obligation to aid and assist it by all the means in their power.
eLgk TIL we procrastinate because we see our future self as strangers
KOlWE TIL That during WW2 there were around 250,000+ Filipino soldiers that fought for the allied forces and were promised the same compensation as their American counterparts, but in 1946 Truman signed the Rescission Act of 1946 which denied Filipino soldiers all of their benefits.