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TIL that the Immaculate Conception was NOT that Mary was a virgin when she had Jesus … ….. It was that she herself was born without sin …. Immaculada .. (thanks Dad)

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po64 TIL two nights before Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, he broke two ribs when he fell from a horse. He was so afraid of being removed from the mission that he went to a veterinarian for treatment. On the day of the flight, he was in such pain that he could not seal the hatch by himself.
E1BPp TIL Julian Casablancas is credited for writing all lyrics and instrument parts for The Strokes' first three albums for which he offered to split all royalties with the rest of the band.
awn7M TIL in 1974, samples of canned food from an 1865 steamboat wreck were tested by the National Food Processors Association. Although appearance, smell and vitamin content had deteriorated, there was no trace of microbial growth and the 109-year-old food was determined to be still safe to eat.
x6rGo TIL about Cathay Williams, the first African-American woman to serve in the United States military. She joined in 1866 under a male pseudonym of William Cathay.
awmRZ TIL that in the amazing world of gumball, the voice actor who plays Gumball's Mom, Nicole, also voices his girlfriend, penny, and also DARWIN'S girlfriend, Carrie.