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TIL A group of writers purposely wrote a terrible novel full of nothing but sex scenes to prove how vulgar American literary culture had become. It became a bestseller.

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XEJrr Today I learned that the last Rosie the Riveter was involuntarily laid off from her job at the age of 95 in 2014.
xVeE0 TIL Nolan Ryan is the only pitcher to have struck out 7 pairs of fathers and sons
Bene TIL Robert Moses, the extremely powerful New York City urban planner, hated the idea of poor people lowering the tone at the seaside, so he built low bridges over his parkways to ensure that only cars, not buses, could make the trip.
VgY4 TIL of Roza Shanina, a female Soviet sniper who fought in World War 2 and got 54 confirmed hits. Allied newspapers called her, “the unseen terror of East Prussia.”
RM91 TIL that the oldest commissioned naval vessel in the world is the USS Constitution. She was launched in 1797.