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TIL: Massachusetts Governor and Boston Mayor James M. Curley was denied a spot in the Massachusetts delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1932, so he engineered his selection as a delegate for Puerto Rico under the alias of Alcalde Jaime Curleo

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JKBj TIL of a boat carrying horses for transportation that was shipwrecked, but the horses on it swam to a nearby island. The horses have since lost all domestication and the island has a population of more than 450 wild horses today
XELyr TIL the Red Army accepted a Ukrainian woman after she shot two enemy soldiers at range in an audition, she became the most prolific female sniper in history
4XmZX TIL of Ann Hodges, the only known and confirmed meteorite victim in human history. The meteorite breaks through their ceiling one afternoon in 1954 while she was sleeping on her couch and left a large bruise in her thigh. The meteorite was eventually donated to Alabama Museum of Natural History.
N6WN TIL keeping bedroom doors shut at night can save your life in the event of a fire. A shut door will keep out smoke and flames for 20 minutes longer than an open door.
VMLn4 TIL the Spanish Flu got its name during WWI. No one fighting in the war wanted to admit that thousands of their troops were dying to some fast spreading disease. However, Spain was neutral, so they reported on it, making people think they were the source.