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TIL that "Tirpitz", a pig captured from the German Navy after a 1915 battle near Chile, became the mascot of HMS Glasgow. Awarded a fake Iron Cross for bravery, she was later auctioned to raise funds for charity.

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Y78w7 TIL The Yacaratiá tree, called the bread tree by jesuit priests, is the only tree in the world with edible wood due to its lack of cellulose. It is a local delicacy in its native province of Misiones, on the Argentine coast.
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AZVl TIL Shirley Chisholm became in 1968, the first African-American woman elected to Congress and survived 3 assassination attempts in 1972 while being the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.