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TIL that the 1928 Summer Olympics was the first to allow women to race in the 800m, but after media coverage claimed women couldn’t handle the race, it was removed from the Olympics for 32 years, only returning in 1960.

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grdxX TIL After Qing China defeated and genocided the Dzungars, Dzungar leader Amursana fled to Siberia and died. The Qing Emperor demanded his body be surrendered for "posthumous punishment" (past examples: public display, destruction of ashes), but the Tsar refused, causing a diplomatic incident.
kOa8g TIL: Southwest Airlines once slid off a runway in Burbank, California and into city streets. After the incident, Southwest was billed for the emergency services response. Southwest refused to pay, citing taxes paid to the city entitled them to use of the services.
NXOmQ TIL the Corona Muralis was a golden battlement-shaped crown awarded to the first Roman soldier or centurion who climbed the wall of a besieged city and to successfully place the standard of the attacking army upon it.
oD9A TIL There is Spacecraft enroute to Jupiter named JUNO in mythology God Jupiter drew a veil of clouds around himself to hide his mischief but his wife the goddes Juno was able to peer through the clouds and see Jupiter’s true nature, Juno to reach Jupiter in July to give us best images of Jupiter yet
mxrEv TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.