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TIL that Valentina Tereshkova, only 26 at the time, was the first women to fly into space.

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p8vPe TIL that Mike Patton of the band Faith No More has the widest vocal range in popular music with a slightly larger than 6 Octave range.
J1Lwm TIL whale oil was used in transmissions until its ban in 1972, when less than 1 million transmissions failed each year; without whale oil, yearly transmission failures became more than 8 million by 1975. This led to thousands of transmission shops opening across the USA in the late 1970s and ’80s
ey54 TIL pistachio is highly flammable when stored in large quantities and can spontaneous combust
R5mQj TIL: The new Premier League Champions Liverpool FC are owned by Fenway Sports Group, as are the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Penguins, and RFK Racing
GrGg TIL in 2012 a Pit Bull named Lilly pulled her unconscious owner from the path of an oncoming freight train. The driver said he saw the dog frantically pulling at the woman, not giving up even though the train didn’t stop in time. The dog saved the woman and survived impact injuries herself.