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TIL that English and American Suffragettes, in attempt to create attention to their cause, terrorized golf courses. They swapped hole flags, ambushed players like the Prime Minister and Winston Churchill, and wrote "Votes for Women," "Votes or War," "No votes, no golf" on the green by using Acid.

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xnx5 TIL that in 1996 small town Spanish Fork, Utah accidentally booked a Rage Against the Machine concert and citizens promptly lost their shit. “I’m concerned there might be a riot or something. It kind of scares me, that’s why I’m getting out of here,”
wgNJ TIL the King of Jordan appeared in Star Trek.
VMYy8 TIL that Dorothy Eady believed she was the reincarnated lover of Seti I. She was a successful and respected Egyptologist, who predicted the location of an ancient garden before it was excavated.
J1N0m TIL that Rebecca Sugar, the creator of Steven Universe, is the great-granddaughter-in-law of Theodosia Okoh, the person responsible for the design of the flag of Ghana.
R5Wxa TIL in 1977 singer Bonnie Tyler had an operation to remove vocal cord nodules and was told to rest her voice for six weeks. One day she screamed in frustration causing permanent vocal damage. This lead to her distinctive husky voice which has been a huge asset in her career.