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TIL It was unknown who "Rosie the Riveter" was based on until Geraldine Doyle claimed that it was her in 1994. It was widely believed to be true until James Kimble found the original photograph with the name Naomi Parker in the caption in 2015.

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LaeQ TIL America’s first female mayor was elected in 1887. A group of men nominated her as a joke intended to humiliate women, but instead she won over 60% of the vote.
16vo7 TIL that in 1996 a woman by the name of Georgiana Doerschuck ran for President. Her entire campaign platform was on banning computers. She received a measly 140 votes in the New Hampshire Primary.
KYoyJ TIL that Aleksander Doba, a solo kayaker, passed away in 2021 while climbing Kilimanjaro. After reaching top asked for a two-minute break before posing for photo. He then sat down on a rock & "just fell asleep".
nwAb TIL a bonobo named Kanzi once asked for “fire” and “marshmallows” using lexigrams while on a hike in the woods. His trainer gave him matches and some marshmallows and he broke twigs, made a fire, and roasted the marshmallows over it.
vLDr TIL the man who discovered Pluto had his ashes placed inside the New Horizons space craft that just passed Pluto