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TIL Widely regarded as the greatest achievement in collegiate athletics, Jesse Owens set 3 world records and tied a fourth…all in the span of 45 mins.

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gMgVb TIL of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Union army during the US Civil War.
Wn88 TIL that before alarm clocks were invented, people would drink tons of water before they went to bed so that their over-full bladder would wake them up around the time they needed to be up
p8QoA TIL that Marvel Comics' Thanos and DC Comics' Darkseid, as well as sharing many other similarities, were created by the same person
nanB TIL that in 1944, in effort to raise money for the war, The Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees and New York Giants all played a Three way game against each other. The final score was Dodgers - 5, Yankees - 1 and Giants - 0. It also ended up raising $56.5 million dollars in war bonds.
J1JRj TIL Japan was hailed the “international savior of the hour” by the allies during WWI and even used its navy to safeguard Hawaii so the USA could focus on the Atlantic