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TIL: The Ford Thunderbird is named after a legendary creature from Native American mythology. A massive eagle that would eat cows and people.

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kJwBg TIL of Deborah Sampson, an American woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight for America during the American Revolution. After she was found out to be a woman, Paul Revere helped her to become the first woman in history to receive a military pension.
9wPNG TIL Joseph Christmas, the first white American to explore the Grand Canyon, thought it worthless to visitors, writing, "The region is valueless. After entering there is nothing to do but leave. Ours has been the first and will doubtless be the last party of whites to visit this profitless locality."
jN8la TIL that two months before the Wuhan virus emerged, the DJT administration cancelled a $200 million program designed to help Chinese scientists detect and respond to pandemic threats.
X0JaE TIL that in his final years as US president, Woodrow Wilson was too sick to govern. His wife Edith kept his sickness secret, taking over so many duties she was essentially president. She hid Wilson's paralysis by covering his left side with a blanket.
JJV8 TIL MI6 replaced bomb making instructions with cupcake recipes on al-Qaeda websites