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TIL Mormons believe God has a wife.

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b6ZGN TIL that the invention of bicycles was fundamental to the early women's liberation movement. Bicycles promised freedom to women long accustomed to relying on men for transportation. It was also the main reason corsets and long skirts fell out of fashion in the early 20th century.
BrPor TIL in 2002, a Kenyan tribe sent the U.S. 14 cows to aid in the aftermath of 9/11. Cows are their livelihood and they sent every cow they could spare to help strangers overseas. It all started with Kimeli Naiyomah, a young member of a Masai tribe.
neVvG TIL During the US Civil War, General Sherman implemented the scorched earth policy by having his men pile all deed books in front of the courthouse and burn them. The logic was that the big plantations would not be able to prove land ownership.
BgbRe TIL in World War I, Russia created the “1st Russian Women’s Battalion of Death” among other all-female battalions in an effort to shame still-hesitant males to fight in the war
oRkLA TIL In 1993, James Scott purposely damaged a levee and caused a massive flood of the Mississippi River only to stall his wife from coming home so that he could party