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TIL that airbags work by using a magnet that holds a metal ball which gets released under specific forces - closing an electric circuit that inflates the pillows.

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YpJKB TIL Lizzy Murphy known as "The Queen of Baseball",was the first woman to play professional baseball, competing with male athletes in 1922. She played baseball for 17 yrs as a first baseman; she also played on several all-star teams and was the first person of either sex to play on both AL & NL teams
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