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TIL Eleanor Roosevelt held her own press conferences where only female journalists were allowed. This ensured they kept their jobs during Depression-era layoffs, earning a steady income & professional status.

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renW TIL that “forlorn hope” (the name of the first wave of attacking soldiers in battle, who take the most casualties) is actually a clumsy mistranslation of the Dutch phrase “verloren hoop,” meaning “lost troop.”
OG877 TIL Bison were among the first animals in the National Zoo (DC) & they were actually the inspiration for the zoo.
ZpV1Y TIL the first true reservoir was built on the Nile.
lWy1 TIL the South Pole is 9,301 feet above sea level - but 9,000 feet of that is ice.
8XYV TIL that in order to protect his garden, a retired French doctor infected the rabbits with myxomatosis virus. The virus later resulted in a 98% decline in rabbit population in Europe. As a consequence predators like Iberian Lynx’s population also declined.