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TIL researchers used AI to piece together ancient Babylonian tablets from cuneiform fragments.

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rNQnd TIL of Marie C. Bolden, a 14-year-old Black girl who became the first individual champion of the first-ever National Spelling Bee in the U.S. in 1908. Her win sparked controversy, with the New Orleans school board later censuring officials for allowing their (white) students to compete.
o68A TIL of Edward VIII who held the title of King of England for just 11 months. He abdicated the throne so that he could marry a woman the British government did not approve of as she had been divorced. They remained married until his death.
PYOMV TIL that in 1945, a US Army Air Force B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building. The crash severed an elevator's cables, causing it to plummet 75 stories. The elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver survived the elevator fall, and holds the record for the longest elevator fall survived.
oBZWK Ultra-endurance bicycle racer Lael Wilcox puts more miles on her bike every year than most people do on their cars. Here's how she trains for and rides some of the toughest races on earth.
arRy TIL that the woman who won $2.9 million by suing McDonald’s over spilled hot coffee asked for only $20,000, to cover her medical bills.