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TIL About Hubert Fauntleroy Julian "The Black Eagle" Who parachuted into Harlem while playing saxophone in a devil costume in the 1920s in addition to doing a bunch of other wild stuff.

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R7or1 TIL Manny Pacquiao became World Boxing Champion in 1998. Over 20 years later he is still World Boxing Champion with his latest victory being over an undefeated Keith Thurman who was 10 years younger.
akA9 TIL in 2013, scientists sequenced genome of a horse that had been kept frozen for the last 700,000 years in permafrost in at Thistle Creek, Yukon, Canada
Dlxg TIL of Betty Pack, she was described as “the greatest unsung heroine of the war” and perfected the “honey pot” technique to get information during WW2.
d874Z TIL Robin Williams was interested for the role of Hagrid (Harry Potter) but was rejected due to the "all-British and Irish cast" policy
w9gJ TIL no recordings existed of Alexander Graham Bell’s voice until a wax on cardboard disc was discovered in 2013. In it we hear Bell say in a Scottish-tinged accent “Hear my voice… . Alexander. . Graham. . Bell”