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TIL in the U.S., women didn’t have the right to open their own bank account until 1974

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8DnV TIL the Energizer bunny was intended to be a parody of Duracell, which advertised using a pink bunny mascot as early as the 70s (15 years before Energizer). However, Energizer got the trademark first, and last year sued Duracell for selling their original pink bunny packaging in some US stores.
4XNra TIL that Nintendo's character Mario is named after Mario Segale, who was the company's landlord in 1981. All Segale has publicly said about this is "I'm still waiting for my royalty checks".
16JdW TIL Of Fisheries Observers who are employed to monitor fishing boat practices and compliance. They work alone on boats often thousands of kilometers from port. It is a dangerous job and they disappear often.
k7yB TIL that between 1900-1999, nearly 3 million whales were killed, including 560,000 sperm whales
VObD TIL a plague wiped out millions of Native Americans just before the pilgrims came, leaving the new settlers cleared land and fields already planted with corn