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TIL about Stage Coach Mary - 63 year old, gunslinging, booze drinking, cigar smoking, fist fighting freed slave - and first black woman is U.S. history to deliver the mail.

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KOAYa TIL that NASA is developing a clockwork rover that uses no electricity to survive the harsh climate of Venus. It's powered by a wind turbine, springs, and gears, and transmits data via a Morse code shutter.
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9MAX TIL that there are voice recordings of US presidents as far back as Benjamin Harrison (in 1889), and you can listen to them online.