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TIL James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway would travel around Paris together picking fights with larger men

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6EkoY TIL of Research during 1950s all-male combat aircraft assignments revealed that a woman's voice was more likely to gain the attention of young men in distracting situations. Joan Elms voice was used for the automated voice warnings for Convair B-58 and was named "Sexy Sally" by the pilots.
gmkb TIL 165 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln became the first and only president to register a patent; the invention, which was never produced, was an idea for lifting boats over obstructions if they got stuck.
698o8 TIL that Delaware and Maryland are considered to be Southern States by the U.S. Census Bureau
PveV TIL women used needle and thread to sew their hair in place before modern bobby pins and hair ties.
XNgj TIL that following the death of Nicole van den Hurk, her stepbrother falsely confessed to killing her to get her body exhumed for DNA testing, thus leading to the arrest and prosecution of her attacker.