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TIL of Stella Walsh, an Olympic runner who in 1936 lost to a competitor and petitioned for her to be subjected to a gender test (due to her fast time). Upon autopsy in 1980, Stella was discovered to be a man.

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YOAd TIL mirrors reflect slightly more green light than other colors, which causes a “mirror tunnel” (such as two mirrors facing each other) to appear greener further down the tunnel.
4dkR TIL the Texas City Disaster in 1947 was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions, and resulted in the first ever class action lawsuit against the U.S.
PZ8L TIL that those two tiny holes drilled in every BIC pen is to ensure that the air pressure is the same both inside and outside the pen- this helps the ink flow to the tip.
ELaV TIL that during the filming of Schindler’s List, a Polish woman who encountered Ralph Fiennes dressed in his Nazi uniform told him that “the Germans were charming people. They didn’t kill anybody who didn’t deserve it.”
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