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TIL that after being prohibited from wearing shorts during the hot summer months, bus drivers in Sweden wore skirts to work, citing that since their women coworkers could wear skirts, it would be discriminatory to prohibit them from wearing skirts too.

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ep6nn TIL in 1949 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108 near Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec, crashed killing all 23 aboard following the explosion of a time bomb. Albert Guay wanted to kill his wife and get her life insurance policy ($10,000), and marry another woman.
rNAb4 TIL that scientists created a 60 year long experiment in Siberia, selectively breeding wild foxes who showed friendly traits. 40 generations later they were as friendly as dogs!
OooQ6 TIL The functions of performing mental arithmetic and regulating our emotions are housed in the same part of the cerebral cortex, and the processes that support one also support the other; which is thought to be why practising mental arithmetic can prevent depression and anxiety.
MeEy7 TIL Geolibertarianism (Georgism) is a poltical philosophy which asserts the ONLY tax should be a land tax, and seeks to find balance with ecology. Famous proponents include Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine.
lo98K TIL that the actor who played Peter pan died of overdose in NYC and was buried in a mass grave in Hart Island. It was found out because his mother wanted to connect him because of his father's passing.