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TIL that the first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman

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x6kDo TIL that boxer Harry Greb tricked his way into a shot at the Middleweight championship by paying several waiters to serve him water in coloured tumblers at a speakeasy. He then pretended to be drunk and thus no threat to the champion. Greb got his match and won the title.
POMO TIL the phrases “Come and take it”, “From my cold, dead hands”, and “They shall not pass” are all derived from King Leonidas of Sparta
Mmg8 TIL in 2003, archaeologists found 20,000 year old human footprints in the Australian Outback of a male they called T8. Scientists determined he was running 23 mph in mud, barefoot, and was even accelerating before the tracks stopped. Usain Bolt’s record for running speed is 27.44 mph.
yGXJ TIL that in a 2000 lawsuit between Pizza Hut and Papa John’s, a federal court ruled that “better ingredients” do not, in fact, make “better pizza”.
ANmYl TIL from 1844 to 1846, The Count of Monte Cristo was first published as a serial. Alexander Dumas dribbled out revenge plots, identity reveals, crazy twists and long-lost connections over dozens of chapters—each ending in a cliffhanger that kept 19th-century readers on edge week after week.