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TIL there have been no successful attempts to reach the Sentinelese people, rendering them completely isolated from the rest of the world

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8av14 TIL Aaliyah maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA through her graduation from high school, saying "I don't want kids to think, 'I can just sing and forget about school.' I think it's very important to have an education, and even more important to have something to fall back on."
gMpy7 TIL Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter was an aspiring mycologist when the prestigious Linnean Society rejected her submitted paper on fungi reproduction because she was a woman. 100 years later (and 54 years after her death), they formally apologized for their sexist treatment of her work
7WrZ TIL that women were banned from the MLB after a 17 Year Old Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
ANGDg TIL that Japan had already been experimenting with HDTV in the late 80s, way before everyone else.
NXMl1 TIL that there is a significant population of people from the Marshall Islands living in Springdale, Arkansas, which started when one guy started working for Tyson Foods and told the people at home that there was ample employment. There's even a Marshallese consulate there.