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TIL that the architect Rafael Viñoly designed 2 buildings that caused "death rays", one in Las Vegas and one in London

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EggZx Til Before Serena Williams, there was Althea Gibson – the first African American to compete at US National Championships and the first to be ranked No.1 in the world. She achieved this during a time when American sports is still very segregated.
LZ40 TIL that the concept and word “trinity” is nowhere to be found in the Bible and was developed by church fathers in the 4th and 5th centuries
d9JK TIL that only one member of Congress voted against the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists after 9/11, stating that they should be “careful not to embark on an open-ended war with neither an exit strategy nor a focused target.”
X0BPE TIL not all placentas are disc-shaped like ours. Diffuse placentas are spread throughout the placenta (ex: horse, pig), Cotyledonary placentas are split between separate "cotyledons" (sheep, cattle). Zonary placentas are ring-shaped (dogs), and discoid placentas are circular (ex: primates, rodents)
awj8A TIL Taiwan named its homegrown fighter jet F-CK-1 after the US was pressured by China not to sell them F-20 fighters.