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TIL the sled dog, Togo, was responsible for leading his team through the most dangerous and longest stretch of the 1925 Serum Run by 200 miles. Balto and his team led the last 55 mile stretch into the town of Nome getting most of the credit and media attention.

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N77NE The first black pilot in history Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Ottoman Empire, 1916.
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