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TIL the word “whiskey” comes from a Gaelic phrase meaning “water of life”

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R7ZD9 TIL of William Pitsenbarger who had over 250 rescue missions during the Vietnam War and is just one of six enlisted recipients of the USAF to receive the Medal of Honor.
D4Yg TIL the “average” white American is 0.7% African by genetic descent, and that up to 30% of white Americans are between 2 and 20% African by genetic descent. Conversely, 10% of all black Americans are actually more than 50% European by genetic descent.
p8RRG TIL in 1951, Natalie Carbone Mangini became the first female scientist at Westinghouse. They meant to hire a man but they misread her resume and gave her an interview when she showed up. As a radiochemist, she worked on the world's first full-scale atomic reactor and the first nuclear submarine.
RWew TIL that the internet uses “filter bubbles” to filter out only what you want to see without letting you know what is being omitted. Basically, the internet is biased.
p444 TIL A man born with spina bifida, inexplicably walked for the first time after scuba diving.