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TIL that debunking a famed fake mechanical chess player helped set Edgar Allan Poe on the path to mystery writing

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rajd TIL Dr. John Osborne, the first democratic governor of Wyoming, wore shoes he made of human skin to his inauguration. He removed the skin from the body of an executed train robber. He also made a doctor’s bag and coin purse. He gave the top of the skull to his 15 year old assistant as a souvenir.
e08l5 TIL that in Pfeiffer Beach, a purple garnet beach in Big Sur, California, its entirely legal to be completely naked despite state law.
E1l4W TIL Not only can you eat dandelions raw(or make a tea etc.), but that they are pretty nutritious and can even stimulate digestion / bile flow.
LGMp TIL that Marie Curie’s notes are still radioactive and researchers must wear protective clothing and sign a disclaimer before viewing them
16wPV TIL that the first woman to fly combat missions was Marie Marvingt, who in 1915 bombed a military base in Germany. In her lifetime, she held four different pilot licenses, unofficially cycled the Tour de France, and was awarded a gold medal "for all sports" by the French Academy of Sports.