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TIL that in 1973, a famous tennis match dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes” pitted Billie Jean King against Bobby Riggs. King won decisively, marking a significant moment in the women's rights movement.

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gMg7b TIL scientists accidentally dumped sperm from a paddlefish on sturgeon eggs, creating a hybrid “sturddlefish”. Crossing of the two fish was considered impossible as their closest common ancestor dates back more than 180 million years and the two species have no chance of meeting in the wild.
x6vRB TIL the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) is an environmental movement that calls for all people to abstain from reproduction in order to cause the gradual voluntary extinction of humankind.
eVgE TIL that George R.R. Martin wrote 14 episodes of the Beauty and the Beast series staring Ron Pearlman and Linda Hamilton between 1987-1990
84v8 TIL during the Black Death, religious zealots would whip themselves to repent of their sins, ultimately making the plague spread even faster due to exposed bleeding
x6657 TIL - When Ozone gas was first identified in 1840 its harmful effects were not widely understood - it was associated with fresh air and recuperative properties. In 1882, a businessman coined the name Ozone Park (NY) to promote the area’s proximity to "fresh tonic ocean air".