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TIL The Great Mississippi Flood of 1993 was caused intentionally by the perpetrator James Robert Scott so that he could party free of his wife's interference!

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Z8VD4 TIL in 2011, Conan O'Brien was ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church Monastery, allowing him to perform a same-sex marriage in New York. The wedding, between a member of Conan's staff and his partner, was held on the stage of the Beacon Theatre and broadcast on Conan.
nWGmP TIL Beryl Markham, a British-born Kenyan aviator, adventurer, and author, was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west (1936). Her memoir, West with the Night, was lauded by Hemingway and is celebrated for its lyrical writing, tales of African landscapes and flying escapades
b9w0N TIL: Americans never 'lost' their British accents. It was the Brits that adopted 'posh' in the early 1800s. American port cities emulated it for a while.
b67N7 TIL that because of their flexible ankles, red pandas are one of the few animals that can climb down trees head-first.
Erlo TIL that the ruppell vulture is the highest flying bird, able to fly at 37,000ft