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TIL the Giro d'Italia used to award the Black Jersey to the rider in last overall place. This move spurred fierce competition among riders determined to be last across the finish line. Tactics included hiding in bars, behind hedges, in farm buildings, and even puncturing their own tires

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v1A1B TIL There were less than 60 years between the Wright brothers first flight in an airplane and the first human being launched into space (1903 - 1961)
VMGoG TIL the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic was piloted by... John Alcock and Arthur Brown in 1919. It would be 8 more years before Lindbergh did it, solo.
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