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TIL about Margaret Ives Abbott the first woman to win a medal in the modern Olympics, and also part of the only mother-daughter pair to compete in one Olympics. Margaret won at golf, her mother, Mary, came in seventh. Coinciding with the Paris Exposition, many were unaware they were in the Olympics.

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7j97 TIL the British online newspaper ‘The Independent’ is owned by Russian oligarch, Alexander Lebedev and his son. Lebedev also owns a stake in Gazprom, a Russian oil company headquarter in Moscow, and a stake in Sbrerbank, a Russian bank accused of funding insurgents in Ukraine.
GPNj TIL a tiny organism found in space has baffled scientists who think it may be a “seed” arriving to our stratosphere via comet. It has a woven coating, a metal shell, and contains ooze of a biological nature.
b9oma TIL of Bass Reeves, the first black U.S. Deputy Marshall west of the Mississippi, who is credited with capturing over 3,000 outlaws, including his own son. He is also rumored to be the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.
jAGN TIL New Hamphire prison inmates that have to make license plates, stamp their state motto “Live Free or Die” …hour after hour, day after day,
P1Lkg TIL about Blackout Cake, sometimes called Brooklyn Blackout Cake, which is a chocolate cake filled with chocolate pudding and topped with chocolate cake crumbs. It was invented during WWII by a Brooklyn bakery, Ebinger's, in recognition of the mandatory blackouts to protect the Brooklyn Navy Yard.