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TIL- Japanese Climber Junko Tabei, First Woman To Conquer Mount Everest, Dies At 77.

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JYRkj TIL: During 1944, license plates were manufactured from pressed soybean fiberboard due to a shortage of steel caused by the war. Goats, cows, and mice reportedly enjoyed the taste of these plates, with some vehicle owners losing their plates to a snack for the animals.
loy65 TIL Female masturbators have a better sexual life than female non-masturbators
nWwO9 TIL that Andrew Jackson’s Parrot got kicked out of his funeral for swearing
jNK9v TIL under President Reagans directive, the United States (via the CIA) funneled more than $2 billion in guns and money to the mujaheddin (which became the Taliban) during the 1980s to defeat and remove the Soviets in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action program since World War II.
VBO7Z TIL that the traditional boundaries of "Tornado Alley," typically associated with states like Oklahoma and Kansas, are shifting eastward. Recent studies suggest an increase in tornado activity in the Southeastern United States, encompassing states like Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.