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TIL the 2012 Olympics was the first time that every country sent a woman to compete.

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wl1 TIL the first recorded Jello shots (made with champagne) were made in Napoleon Bonaparte’s kitchens.
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rRDyo TIL A 4th century female poet wrote a poem on a 29 x 29 grid of characters that produced 3000 more rhyming poems when read in different directions.
nW9RY TIL That the one of the only Vice Presidents to resign was Spiro Agnew, who was VP under Richard Nixon, the only President to resign.
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