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TIL that Charles Darwin's iconic Tree of Life sketch is missing presumed stolen from Cambridge University Library.

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YpZGW TIL: Tennessee State Representative Harry Burn was the deciding vote that led to the ratification of the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote in the U.S. He said: “I know that a mother’s advice is always safest for her boy to follow and my mother wanted me to vote for ratification.”
jNG6Q TIL that America is the only country that refrigerates eggs in shops
16k1W TIL that Kuboyama Aikichi, a Japanese fisherman, was the first known victim of hydrogen bomb radiation exposure. He was aboard the "Lucky Dragon No. 5" (Daigo Fukuryu Maru), a fishing boat caught in radioactive fallout from the 1954 U.S. Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test near Bikini Atoll.
xV9ZB TIL Famous “Tunnel of Love” found in Ukraine, originally was used to conceal the transport of military hardware
jN1YE TIL Why the buttons for girls and guys’ clothes are on different sides: when button up clothes were invented, wealthy women were dressed by their servants, and men dressed themselves. Having buttons on different sides made it easier for servants to button.