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TIL Eleanor Roosevelt held weekly press conferences and allowed female journalists to attend, forcing many news organizations to hire their first female reporters

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7rBgL TIL it was a long-held belief that redheads needed more anaesthesia while undergoing surgery. A recent study has proven this false, but many in the anaesthesiologist profession still believe it to be true.
Me9Em TIL that Uranus smells like farts because its atmosphere consists largely of hydorgen sulfide.
DQKye TIL of, 'Blood on the Risers,' a WWII Paratrooper song based on, 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic,' which the paratroopers changed the lyrics to a chilling story about a paratrooper whose parachute failed.
MeR47 TIL: The reason wedding rings are worn on the third finger is because in ancient Rome, it was believed that the vein in the third finger went straight to the heart.
DQQNg TIL Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone was created after his planned work about racism in America was refused by networks. This was in response to the murder of Emmett Till.