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TIL that Garth Brooks had an emo alter ego in 1999 called Chris Gaines

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ZewQ TIL During the Stonewall Riots, the rioters responded to the arrival of the tactical riot squad by forming Rockette style kick-lines, and shouting to the tune of Howdy Doody “We are the Stonewall girls/ We wear our hair in curls/ We don’t wear underwear/ We show our pubic hairs.”
4kAMJ TIL Women’s shirt buttons are on the left-hand side because wealthy women used to be dressed by their maids and it was easier to access.
dD9j TIL that not caring whether there is a god or not is called Apatheism.
dDmrZ TIL when Mongols defeated the Poles at the battle of Legnica, they beheaded king Henry II and paraded his head. His wife recognized his mutilated body by his eleventh toe.
G7n7 TIL that sociologist Diana C. Mutz discovered in her 2006 book Hearing the Other Side, those with the highest levels of education had the lowest exposure to people with conflicting points of view, while those who have not graduated from high school can claim the most diverse discussion mates.’