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TIL Wilbur and Orville were not the only Wright Brothers. There were five brothers and two sisters (including a twin boy and girl who died in infancy). Katharine promoted the Wright's work in Europe and marched in a women's suffrage parade with her elderly father and two of her surviving brothers.

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OX7g TIL the Canadian women’s national hockey team is 43-24-1 all-time vs the US women’s team. Against the rest of the world they are 120-1.
50JR TIL that after U.S. President George H. W. Bush vomited and fainted at a state event in Japan, the Japanese term “Bushu-suru,” which literally means “to do the Bush thing,” was coined.
XEawj TIL that the Bailong Elevator in Zhangjiajie, China, is the world’s tallest outdoor lift, which stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”
EkPo TIL that after the sinking a british U-boat during WWII, Herbert Schultze sent radio message “cq - cq- cq - transmit to Winston Churchill. I have sunk the British steamer Firby. Posit 59.40 North and 13.50 West. Save the crew, if you please. German U-boat”. This made Schultze famous in Germany & UK.
VBOW0 Today I Learned who first spilled the tea. In 2737 BC it was Legendary Chinese Emperor Shennong when a few leaves from a nearby tree floated into his bowl of boiled water, changing the color and flavor. He made history, but would never know the future semantic shift of gossiping. https://www.tea.co.