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TIL - James Barry, surgeon, born Margaret Ann Bulley lived her entire life as a man in the 1800's in order to be accepted into the medical profession. All of her successes were buried for 100 years when this was discovered.

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KOrYJ TIL"Enron Fraud", the largest bankruptcy reorganization in American history. The energy company's bankruptcy in 2001 after allegations of massive accounting fraud wiped out $78 billion in stock market value and led to the collapse of Arthur Andersen and the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
P1aae TIL that in 1867, John A. Winston, a former Governor and Confederate Officer from Alabama, presented his credentials to the United States Senate as Senator-elect from Alabama. However, he was not allowed to take his seat because he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States.
QJX6 TIL that after Johnny Carson joked on air about an imaginary toilet paper shortage, Americans began hoarding toilet paper, “causing a real shortage that lasted for weeks” (3rd paragraph)
yVAWl TIL the only survivor of a mid-air collision between 2 planes over Amur Oblast (that killed her husband & 36 others) fell 5,220 meters while holding onto a piece of the plane. After waiting 2 days in the woods with fractures to her arms, ribs & spine, she began to walk on the 3rd & found rescuers.
EGP7 TIL Marcus Garvey suffered a non-fatal stroke, and a newspaper incorrectly wrote his obituary, which reported that he died “broke, alone, and unpopular.” After reading this, he suffered another stroke that killed him.