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TIL free internet pioneer NetZero still exists, making $225 million in 2013

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MeeLb TIL In 1992, Althea Garrison (R) was the first transgender person to be elected to a state legislature in the United States, but did not campaign as an openly transgender person during her race.
Z8Vya TIL that Henry Darger, a hospital custodian, wrote The Story of the Vivian Girls, a 15,000 page novel with hundreds of watercolor illustrations. He never showed it to anyone, and it was only found when he died.
Lk9Vv TIL the main reason birds have hollow bones isn't to make them lighter. It's extra lung so they can breathe better.
GAJjE TIL that Kirk Douglas and his wife lived to a combined age of 205
4XogJ TIL that when somebody overestimates their knowledge and abilities in an area because they don't even know how little they know, it is called Dunning-Kruger effect