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TIL the original Constitution does not contain the words God, Jesus, Lord, Slave, or Slavery.

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xGPB TIL that after the invention of the Cherokee Alphabet by Sequoya in 1825, the literacy rate of the Cherokee people soon surpassed that of their European and American neighbors.
da79 TIL in 1947, a British South American Airways flight was flying normally over the Andes Mnts., 4 minutes from landing, but then it sent a morse code message ‘STENDEC’ three consecutive times, then vanished, the wreckage not to be found for 50 years. To this day, what 'STENDEC’ meant is a mystery.
YpRvd TIL that in 1921, Frederick B. Banting figured out how to extract insulin from a dog’s pancreas, creating the first real treatment of diabetes. He intended to make it extremely cheap in order to save as many people as possible but private companies now charge almost $300 a single vial of insulin.
xJbo TIL on this date in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, NC the Wright Brothers had the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard.
pmrO TIL that KY jelly has been one of most important ingredient in Alien based movies to simulate effect of alien saliva in movies like Predator and Aliens