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TIL that when the inventor of the shipping container died ships around the world blew their whistles simultaneously in tribute

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ZNXB TIL Dave Mirra was diagnosed with CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) after his suicide in February 2016. He was the first “action sports” star to be diagnosed with CTE.
j6PBj TIL that the first time the Albanian language was mentioned in History was a witness of a crime reporting he had heard someone yelling in Albanian.
AN0ja TIL about Lydia Taft, who on October 30th, 1756, became the first woman to legally vote in U.S. History. During a Town Meeting in Uxbridge, Mass., Taft voted in favor of appropriating funds for the regiments engaged in the French and Indian War. Her vote preceded the 19th Amendment by 164 years.
LQE1d TIL Crows and Magpies Snatch Anti-Bird Spikes to Build Their Nests
4V55 TIL a man in Sweden receives disability benefits due to his “addiction to Heavy Metal”.