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TIL that Deborah Sampson was the only woman to earn a full military pension for participating in the American Revolutionary War, in which she disguised herself as a man in-order to enlist.

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Yp1w7 TIL citizens who work for the CIA are officers – not agents or spies. All employees, from operations officers, to analysts, to librarians and public affairs, are considered CIA officers. The operations officers recruit well-placed human assets with access to information. These spies are agents.
gr0yy TIL of the Rio Negro Bridge at Manaus, Brazil, a huge and expensive bridge that is the only crossing point of the Amazon or any major tributary. It has been called "a quintessential bridge to nowhere" and does absolutely nothing to connect Manaus to Brazil's road network
b6nnZ TIL when Marie Curie fell into a depression, Einstein wrote her a letter telling her he felt lucky to have met her, and, referring to the newspaper articles constantly attacking her, he advised her “to simply not read that hogwash, but rather leave it to the reptile for whom it has been fabricated.”
KyMw TIL that in Biblical times, to swear a most sacred oath, the swearer made his oath by holding on to the oath-giver’s genitals.
vQoB TIL there was a group of raider colonies in ancient Egypt who terrorized the Mediterranian coast, that has gone relatively unidentified to this day. The are collectively known as the Sea Peoples, and according to Ramesses II, no one knew how to fight against them or could withstand them.