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TIL that the oldest Boeing 747 still in active operation today first flew 1 week prior to man first stepping foot on the moon.

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7rZ6b TIL about Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring (1962). The book accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation on the harmful effects of pesticides. The book is credited with inspiring the environmental movement, leading to the formation of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency
xVllo TIL Cheerios will send you wildflower seeds for free. Suitable as a garden plant across the country, the seed mix will help to create new places for honeybees to thrive.
8GVX TIL that women who swallow semen are less likely to develop preeclampsia.
neXdd TIL that Jeannette Rankin was the first women voted into the United States congress, famously before US women were allowed the right to vote. As of today, she remains the only woman Montana has elected to Congress.
aVZZ TIL Dr. Bernice Eddy warned the NIH that the polio vaccines they were about to release contained live polio virus. They ignored her and released the vaccine anyway, and as a result 40,000 children developed polio. The NIH director who dismissed Dr. Eddy then resigned.