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TIL Lady Bird Johnson was the first president’s wife to have become a millionaire in her own right before her husband was elected to office

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ANpax TIl that the body of water Moses parts in the Bible is actually “The Reed Sea”. Scholars are unsure if this refers to the Red Sea.
wLl97 TIL about Roman Emperor Elagabalus, who loved to dress up as a woman, wore make up, depilated himself, requested to be refered to as a woman and acted as a courtesan. He also offered a large reward to anyone who could make him a vagina, which makes him the first recorded transgender person.
dDwd8 TIL About Hart Island. Located in Long Island Sound the island has seen many uses including as a POW camp, as an anti-aircraft missile battery site and a drug rehab facility. However it's primary fame is as NYC's Potter's Field with an estimated one million burials having taken place there.
dW7B TIL Lana Del Rey originally attempted a (stylistically very different) singing career under her real name, Lizzy Grant, which failed. With support from her millionaire father, her management picked a new name for her & tried to scrub all evidence of her former image/name from the internet
JYKMl TIL there is a scientifically best way to wash your hands.