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TIL about Willie Pep, one of boxing’s greatest featherweights. He had an astonishing 229 wins, 11 losses, 1 draw, and was 62-0 until his first loss.

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9YoOm TIL NASA was so clueless about the workings of a woman's body, in 1983 they tried to send the first female astronaut, Sally Ride, to space with 100 tampons, asking if that would be enough. She was to be in orbit for 14 days.
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