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TIL Courtney Cox is the first person on tv to say the word "period" for menstruations

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7rKNL TIL “Millions Of Cats” by Wanda Gág Is the oldest american picture book still in print.

69GJW Til about Harry Glickman who was called off of Mount St. Helens a day before the eruption. He then died a decade later during another volcanic eruption in Japan

0dbp1 TIL: Sōhei warrior monks were influential for centuries in Japan with warring clans often enlisting these monks for warfare due to their fighting ability due to their isolation and fanaticism. However, disputes between monk temples were common which led to numerous fatal inter temple battles.

gMGGA TIL Hall of Fame boxer Julio Cesar Chavez grew up with 10 brothers and sisters in an abandoned railroad car in Culiacan. When he gained fame as a professional fighter, Chavez would fight in exhibitions to raise money for the poor in Mexico, often giving out of his own pocket.

5VAn9 TIL that the spots some people see while looking at the blue sky is known as the "The Blue Field Entoptic Phenomenon" and is caused by white blood cells moving through the eye.