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TIL Harry Pidgeon, the second person to circumnavigate the globe in a sailboat solo, had virtually no sailing experience and built his boat on an LA beach following instructions from a magazine. The press jokingly called him "The Library Navigator"

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ANW47 TIL of George Cove, a Canadian inventor who, in 1905, developed a solar electric generator. He was kidnapped and offered $25,000 and a house to stop promoting his devices.
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vPe9j TIL that in the USA only 19 states, plus Washington, D.C., make Kindergarten mandatory
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