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TIL of superheating, the phenomenon in which a liquid is heated to a temperature higher than its boiling point, without boiling

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aKeN TIL Communists and Socialists who joined the Nazi Party were called ‘Beefsteak Nazis’ and in the 1930’s it was estimated that they made up to 70% of new recruits to the SA paramilitary.
Zp5Ea TIL The first defensive driving program started in 1964 for the US National Safety Council. It is a form of training for drivers that goes beyond road rules and the basic mechanics of driving techniques
gDlD TIL In 1889, thirty years prior to the 19th Amendment, Wyoming became the first US state to grant women the right to vote. Also, in 1924 the state of Wyoming was the first to elect a female US Governor
8e8x8 TIL the American Chestnut Tree was king of the Eastern U.S. forests that could grow 120ft (36.5m) tall and 16ft (4.9m) across until a blight arrived in 1904. It took only 40 short years for the disease to bring to extinction the estimated 4 billion ancient giants towering from Georgia to Maine.
bQ8j TIL those who survived the Pearl Harbor bombings and were crew members of the USS Arizona can still choose to be interred on the ship with their fallen crew mates.