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TIL that "Forgotten Baby Syndrome," the tragic phenomenon behind infant hot car deaths, is caused by change in routine and can happen to anyone

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gMbOA TIL in 1920 a young American woman found a financial sponsor though a newspaper, traveled to France, and learned how to become a stunt pilot. She returned to the US as the first woman in the country to hold a pilots license. She was of African and Native American descent.
eAGn TIL There is an Israeli policy document prepared in 1996 advocating an aggressive new policy including the removal of Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq, and the containment of Syria by engaging in proxy warfare and highlighting their possession of “weapons of mass destruction”.
LRdm TIL the spire of the Empire State Building was originally constructed as a tethering post for zeppelins and other airships
e0VZg Today I learned that one of the first human names ever recorded and is still used in modern times is Anita.
mMJR TIL there was only one Australian Aboriginal pilot in WWII nicknamed “The Black Magic” who after his service, lived the rest of his days in housing projects as a sheep shearer.