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TIL in 1739 a 16 year old girl in South Carolina was instrumental in creating an economy accounting for 1/3 the value of the colony’s output pre-Revolution. George Washington held her in such high esteem, upon her death he travelled to Philadelphia to be one of her pallbearers.

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D1pKr TIL about the "Sad Nipple Syndrome", a biological condition of some women that would feel an intense sense of sadness when their nipples are touched.
Y1lW TIL Pro Football Hall of Fame Mike Webster bought himself a Taser gun, used that on himself to treat his back pain, would zap himself into unconsciousness just to get some sleep.
NXvn6 TIL one of the largest cockroaches in the world is called Megaloblatta longipennis
Brwoe TIL that the blue whale heart rate was measured for the first time last year! It gets as low as 2 beats per minute, raising up to 37 when it resurfaces (more oxygen access). It works at physiological extremes, and explains why the whale never evolved to be even bigger.
wN6P TIL that, in 1994, the MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people. The bodies are still at the bottom of the sea and it’s illegal to dive to the wreck