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TIL President Harry S. Truman appointed the first woman Treasurer in 1949 and since then, every subsequent Treasurer has been a woman

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mk5E TIL in the 80’s a Japanese director released a series of gore movies so realistic, that he was investigated by the police and had to prove that no one was actually murdered.
EgDNV TIL that the first non-white musician to appear on MTV was Phil Chen, bassist for Rod Stewart. Chen, who was born in Jamaica and is of Chinese ancestry, was featured in "She Won't Dance With Me," the third video ever aired on the channel.
8eMAa TIL the last surviving former slave in the US, Peter Mills died in 1972, aged 110 after being involved in a pedestrian accident
D1Ejj TIL about the polio epidemic of August 1952 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This epidemic ushered in the widespread use of positive-pressure ventilation, replacing the negative-pressure iron lung machine. It is also during this time that the concept of an intensive-care unit (ICU) was first introduced.
0m51 TIL Swaziland’s 1 Lilangeni coin is identical in weight and dimensions to the £1 coin and can be used in vending machines. It’s worth £0.06