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TIL that First Lady Edith Wilson was a descendant of Pocahontas

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e0g4L TIL About Rags. A stay mutt found by a U.S. soldier in WW1, Rags became the mascot of the 1st Infantry Division after he saved hundreds of lives by running messages under fire. When Rags was injured he was sent to a field hospital with an order from HQ "The dog gets attention same as soldiers"
4kpLa TIL that in 1950, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, synthesized a highly radioactive element by bombarding curium-242 with alpha particles. They named this new element "Californium" and its discovery was initially kept classified due to its potential military uses.
D1oxg TIL in 2000, Microsoft was ordered to split in two by the US government in an anti-trust suit. Microsoft appealed and eventually settled, agreeing to cease anti-competitive behaviour.
0w4Bj TIL Ewan McGregor, who famously played Obi-Wan Kenobi, has a brother - Colin McGregor who is a British RAF pilot and his call-sign is "Obi Two".
7JbL TIL in 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around the Earth, in order to serve as a man-made ionosphere. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.