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TIL of a celebrity librarian who passed as a white woman for 40 years, which opened doors closed to Black women in the early 20th century; she earned $10,000 a year as the librarian for banker JP Morgan when most librarians earned around $400

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a8Npo TIL the Lenni Lenape, the Native American tribe indigenous to the area between CT & DE, played a sport where 2 teams: 1 all men & 1 all women try to get a ball into the other's goal. The women can carry/pass/kick the ball & tackle. The men couldn't tackle & could only kick/dislodge the ball.
lnjV TIL a B25 bomber hit the Empire State Buildings’ 79th floor.The building was open on Monday, one day after the crash.
Q0Oa TIL in 2010, a school board gave Macbooks to students, secretly spied on them, and punished them later at school.
VGvm TIL that Cannabaceae, a family of flowering plants, includes not only Cannabis, but also Humulus (better known as hops), a main ingredient in beer.
jNBAp TIL that the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz" cost so much to make and promote that MGM did not profit from it until a 1949 re-release