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neLQd TIL that Bessie Coleman was not only the first African-American woman to hold a pilot's licence, but also the first Native American to do so.
g084 TIL that there are “lone planets” that roam endlessly through space without ever going into orbit. They are actually predicted to be more common than stars.
WnrA TIL if a potato is exposed to light while growing, it will turn green and become poisonous
J11vv TIL that The Osmonds originally formed, in part, to raise money to buy hearing aids for their deaf brothers Tom and Virl.
P1xWg TIL that in England, suicide was considered a felony "punished at common law by burial in the public highway with a stake driven through his body." Attempted suicide was a misdemeanor.