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TIL "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was first published in Japan because U.S. printers could not afford the holes and irregular pages.

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Wjao TIL on October 24 1975, 90% of Iceland’s women refused to work, cook or look after children. Every ten years, on the anniversary of this initial strike, women stop all work to demonstrate their important positions and continue the struggle for equality.
N7yDJ TIL ancient Chinese physicians kept a small ivory "medicine doll" in their desks to help them treat female patients, who were forbidden from showing too much skin to a male other than their husband. Women seeking medical attention would point to the areas on the doll where they had discomfort.
LQQ0Q TIL Manuka honey mainly comes from a small area of New Zealand. Due to the cost of the honey going up 20 fold in the last few decades, there are now turf wars with thefts, poisoning of hives and vandalism on the increase.
y7al TIL cold sores can be spread to the genitals causing genital herpes, and up to 50% of new genital herpes cases are caused by oral sex from a partner that has cold sores.
grm8 TIL that Jose M. Hernandez went from migrant worker to astronaut. He’s currently running for congress in California at the urging of the president.