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wZDP TIL that an American schoolgirl became famous in the USSR after she wrote a letter to the newly appointed Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply which included an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted
KObvQ TIL that an animal's brains are also an essential part to tanning hides and furs, and each animal has exactly enough brains to tan its own hide.
OoQ6R TIL Electrum is the alloy of silver and gold, and humanity's first metal coins were made out of it.
a8ORb TIL in 1979 researcher John Merritt placed a photographic memory test in publications across the US. He estimated that roughly 1 million people took the test & of that number, 30 wrote in with the correct answer. However, when he visited 15 of them in their homes, not one could duplicate the feat.
VeBZ TIL a man with cerebral palsy was forced to crawl off of his flight when United Airlines staff failed to provide him with the proper assistance.