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TIL There is a 100-year-old woman still teaching math at her elementary school in Brooklyn

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GAwXN TIL A Blue Whale Eats 1 million calories on average daily
0dGPL TIL that Vanguard 1, an early US satellite, was the first practical use for solar panels. Leading us to all the solar power we utilize today.
D1RvY TIL that Australia has its own version of Yeti/Bigfoot called Yowie. This mythical creature appears in many other name in Aboriginal folklore with earliest report of sighting in 1795.
rYYy TIL Blackbeard’s flag depicted a skeleton spearing a heart while toasting the devil.
4wZR TIL that William Howard Taft who served as the 27th President of the United States over 100 years ago was the last President to have facial hair while in office