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TIL of Mary Seacole a Jamaican-born nurse who applied to join Florence Nightingale in Crimea, but was turned down due to her race. Instead of giving up, Seacole sailed to the Crimea at her own expense and set up a hotel to tend to sick and wounded soldiers.

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L8LP TIL that the writer of Peter Pan (J.M.Barrie) had a brother named David (his mother’s favorite) who died at the age of 12. Barrie’s mother found comfort in the fact that her dead son would remain a boy forever, never to grow up and leave her. This is why the children in his story do not grow old.
69948 TIL the patron saint of urgent causes is named Expeditus, or Expedite.
jjNE TIL that the literacy rate in Afghanistan is 28.1%. 43.1% for men and 12.6% for women.
YpybW TIL all vertebrates (except fish) have the same basic skeleton design: a column of vertebrae that supports the body and head, a skull that houses and protects the brain and sense organs, ribs that protect the heart and lungs and 4 limbs. Every limb also shares the same basic pattern and has 5 digits
yVPeJ TIL the band Slayer's album God Hates Us All was released on September 11, 2001, and school children subsequently got in trouble for wearing some promotional T-shirts that read “GOD HATES US ALL: 9-11-01.”