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TIL that the first woman to serve in the United States Senate was also the last member of Congress to be a slaveowner.

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l7517 TIL France detonated its 1st atomic bomb, the Blue Jerboa, on Feb. 13, 1960 in Saharan Algeria. This was the 1st of 17 nuclear weapons detonations that occurred in the area between 1960 & 1966. The Blue Jerboa was 3 times more powerful than the atomic bomb the US dropped on Nagasaki, Japan in 1945.
9wd6X TIL about bamboo torture, a method of torture where the victim is tied spread eagle above the ground, and a bamboo shoot is planted beneath them. The bamboo shoot grows very quickly and eventually will penetrate through the body of the victim.
a8mGo TIL Kansas City Chiefs quaterback Patrick Mahomes said in an ESPN interview, that as his sport superstition, he has worn the same pair of red underwear his wife bought him, on every game day of his NFL career.
a86OM TIL that five structure that were either directly inspired by or modelled after the London, Crystal Palace were also destroyed by fire.
8abgZ TIL that all of the actors who played the Doctor in the 1999 Doctor Who parody special "The Curse of Fatal Death" had all been considered for the role of the Doctor at some point during the main series.