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TIL of Dykes to Watch Out For (sometimes DTWOF), a weekly comic strip by Alison Bechdel. The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing representations of lesbians in popular culture and has been called "an iimportant read to new generations of lesbians."

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LjYV TIL About Giulio d'Este who after a failed plot against his brother, the Duke of Ferrara was imprisoned and spend 53 years in his cell,untill he was pardoned,after he got out the people of Ferrara made fun of him for the outfashioned clothes he was wearing
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