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TIL: Internet joke ‘Boaty McBoatface’ was commemorated on a 50p coin

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8aywV Today I learned it wasn't until the Voting Rights Act was passed on August 6, 1965 that black women were officially allowed to exercise their right to vote.
l75Or TIL that in 1915 a three minute, long distance phone call cost the equivalent of $500 in today’s money
d8dmK TIL George H. W. Bush hated broccoli, and his frequent comments triggered a fruit and vegetable association to deliver 10 tons of broccoli to the White House.
m1EjE TIL Marquis de la Fayette, known as 'The Hero of the Two Worlds' for the key role he played in both the American and French Revolutions, is descended from another man also known as de la Fayette, who was a companion-at-arms of Joan of Arc and fought England in the Siege of Orleans in 1429
XE0RX TIL Chile has the highest percentage of people belonging to one singular blood group. 85% of the population are O +ve