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TIL Robert E Lee didn't want people to build confederate monuments following the Civil War

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ZOQp TIL that exactly six months after 9/11, the hijackers’ Florida flight school received notification from the Immigration & Naturalization Service that two of them had been approved for student visas.
VBllk TIL that due to the polio virus, as of 1959 there were a total of 1200 people permanently confined to an 'Iron Lung', a device which mimics the breathing motion of the body using variable pressure leaving the patient with only their head exposed. As of 2017, there are still 3.
yg7V TIL women were not the first choice as telephone operators. Prior to September 1, 1878, when a woman named Emma Nutt became the first female operator, boys were the preferred choice. It soon became apparent, however, that boys would insult, curse at, and prank the customers.
D1mjY TIL that the word 'Trampoline' was created and Trademarked in 1936, and comes from the Spanish 'trampolín', meaning a diving board.
nebnB TIL of 4-7-8 breathing (inhale 4 seconds, hold 7 seconds, exhale 8 seconds, repeat). Based on pranayama breathing exercises, this "natural tranquilizer for the nervous system" activates the body's parasympathetic nervous system (relaxation) and suppresses the sympathetic nervous system (stress).