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TIL Brenda E. Robinson was the first African American female pilot in US Navy history in 1980

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PYZaV TIL about Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Wayne Jackson), former LSU star, and Denver Nuggets player, who lost his career and Nike contract for sitting during the National Anthem in the 90s.
BrKdr TIL that some trees can survive temperatures as low as -269 degree Celsius. They have evolved a supercooling method where the insides of their cells turn into glass. Its a kind of suspended animation where the molecules don't really move.
KYBB9 TIL The algae, Caulerpa taxifolia, has been identified as the largest known single-celled organism. Found underwater, it can grow up to several meters long- even though it's technically just one cell.
gMxmD TIL the English Language Day at the UN is on the same day as Spanish Language Day at the UN.
bdMp TIL of the word “dumbsize”: to reduce the staff numbers of a company to such low levels that work can no longer be carried out effectively.