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TIL that women were not allowed to wear pants on the U.S. Senate floor until 1993 after Senators Barbara Mikulski and Carol Moseley Braun defiantly staged a protest by wearing pantsuits.

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nWX0W TIL: About the undersea volcano, Marsili - one of the Mediterranean's most dangerous volcanos. As of 2010, warnings say it could erupt at any time sending up to a 30m (100 ft) tsunami reaching Italy's Sicilian and Calabrian coasts in 10-20 minutes.
l7KDN TIL that British musician Kate Bush had a 35 year break from touring after her first live concert tour in 1979.
Bgbrd TIL in 2013 the UK government officially detained a portrait of renaissance singer Barbara Salutati. It was sold to a private buyer abroad but the government intervened to block it from leaving the country, citing cultural significance, on account of Barbara being Machiavelli's mistress
QAmL TIL that in 1953, an Australian Centurion main battle tank survived a nuclear test only 500 yards away. Despite damage from the explosion, it was still functional. It served for 23 more years, including 15 months of service in Vietnam
xG80 TIL Kit Kat is so popular in Japan that it is sold at high-end department stores, Kit Kat only specialty shops, and post offices. Nearly every region has a signature flavor sold only in that part of the country, and there are nearly 300 flavors of Kit Kat.