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TIL until 2013, in Paris it was illegal for women to wear pants.

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0wBQR TIL about the Scientific Responsibility award that honors scientists and engineers for exemplary actions often taken at significant personal cost. One recipient was Roger Boisjoly who tried to prevent the Challenger Shuttle disaster by highlighting that the O rings could fail in cold weather.
KbJE TIL: A resort in Alaska built a hotel made entirely of ice. It was shut down due to lack of smoke detectors & fire extinguishers.
kJlYm TIL the face of Wolverine was inspired by actor Paul D'Amato
d1l7 TIL Indian Soldiers were abandoned to die as per the official orders at Dunkirk but Colonel Ashdown of The Royal Indian Army Service Corps disobeyed the order and saved the Indian Soldiers for which he was court martialled.
7rrLr TIL Local cemeteries refused to accept the Boston Marathon bomber's body and protesters actually took up a collection to try to have his body shipped to Russia.