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TIL that “unsinkable” Molly (Margaret) Brown wasn’t just a Titanic survivor, she spoke five languages, ran for the US Senate before women could vote and earned France’s "Légion d'honneur". Astronauts named their 1965 Gemini spacecraft after her, prompting NASA to ban informal names afterwards.

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