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TIL Early in her career, singer Sophie Tucker performed in blackface. But she disliked this work and would deliberately sabotage the act by revealing she was white at the end of the show. First by removing a glove to reveal her white hand and then pulling off her wig to expose her blonde hair.

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W7awo TIL Eugene Ely is credited with the first take off and landing on a naval vessel. In a Curtiss Model D, on Nov, 14 1910, He took off from a temporary deck on the cruiser, USS Birmingham CL-2. In the same aircraft, on Jan, 18 1911, He landed on the temp deck of the cruiser, USS Pennsylvania ACR-4.
ODLe TIL Amazon and Congo were likely one river before Africa and S.America drifted apart.
a8wNA TIL of the Experimental Lakes Area. A research station of 58 formerly pristine freshwater lakes in Canada purposely polluted with everything from fertilizers to anti-depressants to study the effects on aquatic life. It is the only such site in the world.
bR69 TIL that in the summer of 1987, 22 tons of marijuana was thrown in the sea from a ship chased by the DEA near Brazilian coast. The high quality weed, stashed in closed metal cans, reached Brazilian beaches. The weed was found and smoked in the summer known as “the summer of the can”.
DGoD TIL that zoos save feathers that come off many of their birds and have them distributed to Native American tribes for their religious ceremonies.