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TIL that in 1920, the town of Jackson, Wyoming elected an all-female town council by a margin of 2-1 over the men, drawing the most voters the town had ever seen. Known as the "pettycoat rulers," the women served for 3 years and did a great deal to clean up the notoriously lawless town.

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W7QK9 TIL: Before Vanna White, came Susan Stafford. Stafford was the first co-host of "Wheel of Fortune". After leaving the show to pursue philanthropy, Stafford said "For seven years, I stood there and turned letters. I had to ask myself if that was any way for a grown woman to live her life."
e095g TIL of Chinese assassin, Shi Jianqiao. In the Warlord Era (1916-1928) when Shi was 19, her warlord father was defeated & executed by a rival, Sun Chuanfang. Shi spent her 20s tracking Sun down, killing him in 1935. Chinese society was so moved by her act of filial revenge that the court pardoned her
l7LMK TIL about the 1957 Madison Square Garden wrestling riot where fans erupted into chaos, causing injuries, arrests, and nearly leading to wrestling being banned in New York.
oB4W7 TIL MIT researchers were able to capture sound from a soundless video of a chip bag using a high FPS camera recording. All sound causes objects to vibrate and using advanced software, they were able to match the vibrations shown in the chip bag to the respective audio frequencies.
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