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TIL Casimir Pulaski known as “the father of American Cavalry” and Brigadier General for George Washington’s army against the British was actually a women or intersex. 

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WMA8 TIL: The first non stop Atlantic flight was by two British airman in 1919, it is almost forgotten about.
L9VV TIL When China was selecting female astronauts for its space mission the women were required to be married, to have given birth naturally and to neither have decayed teeth nor scars.
5VnmQ TIL about the hijacking of the 1948 seaplane 'Miss Macao'. The lead hijacker, who aimed to rob the wealthy passengers on the plane was unsuccessful, causing the plane to crash, killing everyone on board but the hijacker. The hijacker survived by jumping out of the emergency exit right before impact.
j6KmX TIL The official "Fastest Escape from a Regulated Posey Straitjacket" is 2.84 seconds, set by Danilo Audiello at the Studio Fleming Medicina Generale, Foggia, Italy, on 11 August 2014.
gra79 TIL Abraham Lincoln signed the bill creating the Secret Service on April 14, 1865, the day he was assassinated.