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TIL that Julia Child's first foray into cooking was mixing shark repellants in a bathtub while working at the OSS Emergency Sea Rescue Equipment Section during WWII

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QJnVe TIL of a little worm that helps repair and defend stony coral: Eunice norvegica!
OogAL TIL In 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first female presidential candidate. Her candidacy preceded suffrage for women in the U.S. And was a advocate of "free love" long before it was accepted.
5VJyp TIL that 21 out of the last 31 U.S. elections, the tallest person was elected President.
9BDG TIL that because Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell died of an overdose before the music video for “Santeria” was shot, the band used stock footage of him to appear in the video as a ghost/spirit.
ndWB TIL the pilot of an Aeroflot Airbus A310 let his son sit at the controls during a flight in 1994. His son turned off the autopilot controls, crashing the plane, and killing all 75 on board.