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TIL of Madam C. J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in America. Born in 1867, orphaned at 7 years old and widowed at 20, she made her fortune manufacturing cosmetics and hair care products

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QJKkX TIL of Lee Hyeon-seo, a North Korean defector who escaped and then went back for her mother and brother. After a long journey, her family was arrested. Lee didn’t have the money to free them. An Australian noticed her and gave her enough money to free them and two other North Koreans.
Jgy1 TIL that 6 of the 10 windiest US cities are in Massachusetts. And Chicago isn’t even in the top 100.
gMr8A TIL Ali Farka Touré (3-time Grammy award winner) was the tenth son of his mother but the only one to survive past infancy.
YprW7 TIL There is a company that is specialized in preserving the tattoos of died loved one's. They created a special procedure to be able to display and frame the actual tattooed skin for decades.
epaPg TIL John and Lorenna Bobbitt, an American former couple whose relationship received international press coverage in 1993 when Lorena severed John's penis with a food knife while he was asleep in bed; the penis was successfully surgically reattached.