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TIL that some birds spread fire by carrying lit sticks in order to find food

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BrKJK TIL from 1917 and 1926, 4,000 workers were told that the luminous paint (radium) used for watch dials was harmless, and were encouraged to lick their brushes to form a fine point. These “radium girls" experienced gruesome effects. Radiation could even be detected above their graves.
P1gxe TIL of Snap-dragon, a parlour game from the 16th century. In a dark room, brandy was heated and placed in a wide shallow bowl; raisins were placed in the brandy which was then set alight. The object was to snatch the raisins and extinguish them in your mouth. Kids often burned their hands & mouths.
VBJND TIL that Willie Littlechild, the former Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, attended a residential indigenous school and was the first “status Indian”to get a law degree in Alberta.
Wa04 TIL that the first woman to be nominated as a US Presidential Candidate was Victoria Woodhull of the “Equal Rights Party” in 1872
kJky5 TIL There is no laundry facility on the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts typically wear their clothes until they are too dirty and then discard them. These clothes are placed in a cargo ship that will eventually burn up upon re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.