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TIL Michael Jackson did not perform the first moonwalk.

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R5kj4 TIL That Probably one of the most 'alien-like' species, the ribbon worm spits a living, tree-like proboscis to hunt it prey
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9ylG TIL the first African American person to hold an International Pilot License was Bessie Coleman, a woman who had to learn to fly in France when no one would agree to train her in the US. She was licensed two years before Amelia Earhart was
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