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TIL Bobbi Gibb is the first woman to have run the entire Boston Marathon in 1966. At the time when women were banned from entering because of their gender,she entered the marathon wearing her brother’s Bermuda shorts and a hooded sweatshirt and finished the race unofficially.

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m1pwv TIL of Bess Myerson who was the first Miss America, to be Jewish, in 1945. Reactions to her win were mixed, while Jews hailed her a hero and compared her to Queen Esther, 3 out of the 5 sponsors of Miss America refused to have her represent them. She later became a politician
wNPE TIL During the French revolution, many aristocrats died/flew leaving their cooks behind. They had no job and invented restaurants. It is this hyper-competitive situation that caused French cuisine to evolve into something special.
neV4B TIL That in the 1500s, Incas had cotton armor so densely woven it could repel spears and arrows almost as well as metal armor
EgbO7 TIL: A study by the Journal of Sex Research found that men who are in relationships with mentally unstable women reported a higher lvl of sexual satisfaction than other men. It also found that "lower agreeableness of a sexual partner was predictive of better sexual function in women"
Zpmdo TIL Wolfgang Bodison was originally the location manager for "A Few Good Men." When Rob Reiner couldn't find an actor who was right for the pivotal role of Harold Dawson, one of the young marines on trial, he cast the unknown and inexperienced Bodison.