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TIL In 2009, 15-year-old Kimberly Anyadike became the youngest African American woman to fly solo across the U.S., honouring the Tuskegee Airmen along her journey.

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5VlBP TIL that the Watergate scandal began when burglars acting on behalf of the Nixon administration broke into Democratic campaign headquarters. They were caught because their lookout (posted in a hotel next door) was watching "Attack of the Puppet People" on TV and didn't notice the police arriving.
be6Q TIL avocados are toxic to most if not all animals, humans are the exception
P1mPJ TIL: Jacques Cousteau's Calypso had a 1000 litre stainless steel wine tank.
5Y9v9 TIL A Spoonerism is an error in speech in which corresponding sounds are switched between two words in a phrase. For example, a "Blushing Crow" instead of "Crushing Blow."
leQB TIL that a man who was assigned the first military draft number of WWII was the son of a man who was assigned the first military draft number of WWI.