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TIL that the remains of the Vietnam War’s representative at America’s Tomb of the Unknown were finally identified 14 years after he was first entombed.

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LQO80 TIL about Aurel Persu's car design. This car, implemented in 1922-1923, was shaped similar to a waterdrop and it had a drag coefficient of 0.28 (same as a modern Porsche Carrera)
J1Y6l TIL Cancun was founded by the Mexican government using computer models to find a nice spot for tourists
Gj4J TIL the T-shirt was invented in 1904 and marketed to bachelors who couldn’t sew or replace buttons
ADoja TIL that US territories like Puerto Rico get to vote in primaries and caucuses to help political parties choose nominees for the presidential election despite not being able to vote in the presidential election itself
p8vLe TIL that Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space on 16 June 1963, where she spent three days orbiting the Earth 48 times, and is the only woman to have completed a solo space mission