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TIL That there are no rules in any professional sport that ban women from playing alongside men

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W7awo TIL Eugene Ely is credited with the first take off and landing on a naval vessel. In a Curtiss Model D, on Nov, 14 1910, He took off from a temporary deck on the cruiser, USS Birmingham CL-2. In the same aircraft, on Jan, 18 1911, He landed on the temp deck of the cruiser, USS Pennsylvania ACR-4.
0661 TIL that the role of Captain Jack Sparrow was initially offered to Jim Carrey but he turned it down for Bruce Almighty.
X1rR TIL that there is a spider in Australia that makes a rectangular web, holds it in it’s hands, puts spots of feces on it to act as sights, then throws the web around it’s prey.
rNJaW TIL Western superstar Kevin Costner is from Compton.
OxXe TIL male ants do not have fathers because unfertilized eggs become males while fertilized eggs become females