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TIL that actress Bette Davis became the first female lifeguard for Ogunquit Beach, Maine in 1926.

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9wwB TIL that the Catholic Church considers the theory of evolution to be “virtually certain”, and believes that intelligent design “isn’t science even though it pretends to be”.
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0wgYR TIL that the act of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders, a prominent and dangerous siege warfare tactic in medieval times, is called "Escalade"
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