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TIL: The South Pole is much colder than the North Pole

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oBnVK TIL that Finland was the first nation in the world that implemented universal suffrage (in 1906) and allowed all adult citizens to run for office, regardless of sex or race, and thus was the first true democracy in the world. The following year, the first female MPs in world history were elected.
M7r9B TIL that the Gregorian Calendar is used in all but 4 countries: Ethiopia, Nepal, Iran, and Afghanistan.
OG0JX TIL about Nathan Larson, the man behind multiple pro-incest/beastiality/abuse forums, and how he ran for office
WZL TIL in South American countries like Bolivia, children who work have formed their own worker’s unions and are advocating for their right to work to be written into the constitution.
Z8P1p Today I learned A cat's purr might also mean they are in pain