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TIL that in 1906 Eleanor Roosevelt bought a chicken-wire cage to hang out the window of her New York City townhouse for her first child, Anna, to nap in—a practice known as “airing” for city dwelling children

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5VOA9 TIL Orville Wright lived to see jets and the first supersonic flight
8aL54 TIL that working dogs in the United States military always outrank their human handler.
X9WX TIL Some ducks have been observed floating through tidal rapids or fast-moving sections of rivers, and when they’ve reached the end, they hurry back to the beginning to ride over and over.
dgJ8 TIL That Russians don’t like to smile out of politeness because it is deemed a sign of stupidity
dbkj TIL during OJ Simpson’s verdict announcement trading on the New York Stock Exchange dropped 41% and that so much work stopped across the world to watch, an estimated $480 million was lost in productivity.