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[TIL] About the Melanasians. A group of people with African descent who have naturally blonde hair.

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9YmMG TIL the Wright Brothers almost destroyed the 1903 Flyer, the first plane, in 1912 because they considered it worthless. Their manager talked them out of it.
YNbA TIL in the United States, people who turn 100 years old receive a letter from the President, congratulating them on their longevity.
oRWEE TIL of the Sul Ross Desk, an attraction outside the college town of Alpine, Texas that is a teachers desk left abandoned by a group of Sul Ross State students on top of a mountain in 1979.
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jNd1p TIL of Winston’s Churchill’s daily drinking habits. 3-4 weak whiskey sodas, a bottle of champagne/wine with lunch and another with dinner, all rounded off with cognac and brandy.