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TIL the lead actor for the very 1st episode of The Twilight Zone is still alive today.

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VBkgk TIL Spc. Sean Baker was nearly beaten to death during a training exercise at Gitmo where he played the role of a detainee. Despite using the codeword and identifying himself, the beating only stopped when his jumpsuit ripped revealing fatigues
9YD8M TIL that pregnancy starts from the last 'normal' period of the mother, so when you would normally discover a pregnancy from a missed period, there is only ~8 months left, not 9.
eDbk TIL that a chimpanzee Washoe, the first animal to learn American Sign Language, was able to combine the hundreds of signs that she learned into novel combinations that she hadn’t been taught and created herself. She also taught her adopted son some American Sign Language.
69ovY TIL that Milunka Savić is the most-decorated female combatant in the recorded history of warfare.
R5RX1 TIL rowing increases parts of the heart to enlarge so it can pump more blood. Because of its similarities to strength training, the exercise increases blood pressure and strengthens heart walls as well. Most sports only show one change or the other, but rowing shows both.