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TIL that Woodrow Wilson re-segregated Princeton University when he was the school's president

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KYLpB TIL in 2024, scientists developed a biodegradable electronic device that can be implanted in the body to deliver therapies directly to affected areas.
MeMn7 TIL that the FBI used fingerprints to pursue and arrest an innocent Oregon lawyer for the 2004 Madrid bombings, despite Spanish police insisting they were not a match
gMOnW TIL the Navajo Nation reservation is so large (71,000 km2), its area exceeds at least 10 US states in size.
Er8d TIL The president of France said “the Germans … were actually victims of Nazi rule” and that “They were led into a war which was not theirs and which would have never been theirs.”
8ewGK TIL metal tube, invented in 1732, is what measures the speed of supersonic jets, all other airplanes, boats and even F1 race cars.