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TIL Wyoming was the first U.S. State with a female governor, but has not elected a woman since.

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N7Ome TIL that the parachute was invented before the airplane
ZoJQ TIL in 2010 a class action lawsuit was brought against a Pennsylvania school district for using webcams in school-issued laptop computers to spy on students at home. After the suit was brought, the district revealed it had secretly snapped more than 66,000 images.
ZpPJ4 TIL Acetaminophen (Tylenol) toxicity is the second most common cause of liver transplantation worldwide and the most common cause of liver transplantation in the US. It is responsible for 56,000 emergency department visits, 2,600 hospitalizations, and 500 deaths per year in the United States.
4OPo TIL that the four ghosts in Pacman are programmed to act differently: red chases you, pink just tries to position itself in a set way, blue tries to ambush you, orange is random.
JPVj TIL that Mary Babnik Brown was chosen to donate her hair (which had never been treated with heat or chemicals) to become the crosshairs on Norden bombsights during WWII.