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TIL Einstein’s Brain went missing and was found 23 years later

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b6Xd0 TIL Elizabeth Webber Harris remains the only woman to be awarded a Victoria cross medal. In 1920 a Royal Warrant allowed for women serving in the Armed Forces to be formally awarded the VC. However, as of December 2021, no woman has been awarded an official VC other than Harris.
eZEJ TIL Costco sells approximately 60,000,000 rotisserie chickens every year.
8ao0V TIL: Ancient Athenians had ‘ostracism’ elections in which everyone voted for the most hated citizen. That citizen would then be banished for 10 years.
p8b0A TIL the sock puppet Lamb Chop is a three-star general in the US Marines
MeXl8 TIL Joe Kennedy, John F Kennedy's father, sold his entire stock portfolio before the 1929 crash because "a shoeshine boy gave him some stock tips. And He figured that when the shoeshine boys have tips, the market is too popular for its own good."