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TIL the first self-made female millionaire in USA was a black woman named Sarah Breedlove Walker

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p8PDb TIL of the Gimli Glider. In 1983, Canadian plane was filled with 22,300 LB of fuel instead of in KG, leading the plane to run out of fuel halfway through the flight. With no fuel or power, the pilot successfully glided the plane onto a racetrack. There were no casualties.
QJ0yM TIL it was this day in 1587, Filipinos became the first Asians to have landed in what is now called California in USA.
arjb TIL Mao Zedong ordered the people of China to kill sparrows because they steal grain. Since sparrows also eat insects, their absence caused a locust epidemic that ravaged crops and killed millions of people.
LymV TIL: The US government classifies Marijuana as a class 1 drug, while PCP and Cocaine are class 2 drugs.
rRQN4 TIL about the Mirlo rescue. In 1918, an U-Boat attacked a British cargo ship off the NC coast. The ship blew up, spilling oil onto the ocean which caught on fire. The US Lifesaving Service sailed through the fire 4 times to rescue 42 of the 51 aboard.