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TIL of Margaret Cavendish, the first woman to be invited to attend a session of the Royal Society and one of the first writers of science fiction.

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0arR TIL of William Adams, the first Westerner to be officially given the title of “samurai” by the Shogun of Japan, renamed Miura Anjin.
5Y4mn TIL about The Filibuster of 1890 - a Plot by San Diego conspirators to conquer and annex Baja California
4X4BR TIL that Poles (Polish people) once held the strong belief that they were the descendants of an old Iranian tribe
KmMa TIL Red titi monkeys form monog­a­mous pairs, mating for many years. They can have up to 3 gen­er­a­tions of off­spring liv­ing in the fam­ily group at any time. Male and fe­male pairs sleep to­gether and often en­twine their tails dur­ing sleep. Male par­ents are the main care­givers.
WkXAN TIL Pamela Anderson’s appearance in the movie Borat was a major contributor to her divorce with Kid Rock as he felt it was disgusting she would volunteer to be in such a film.