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TIL that a seven year old girl set out on a highly-publicized attempt to be the youngest pilot to fly coast to coast. Her plane crashed less than 24 hours into the journey, killing everyone on board.

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98yM TIL that Eva Vertes discovered an important compound that stops the death of brain cells, a crucial step in a cure for Alzheimer’s, when she was 17
YpJ17 TIL Winston Churchill gets a doctor’s note to drink “unlimited” alcohol in Prohibition America
5YPJn TIL that after moving to Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln and his best friend Jonathan Speed shared a bed for four years. Later, during the Civil War, Lincoln shared a bed with his bodyguard David Derickson any time Mary Todd Lincoln was absent from the White House.
6Eo0Y TIL Parts (if not all) of Europe don’t refrigerate their eggs, and that unwashed eggs can last awhile outside the fridge as long as they aren’t washed. Info on why the U.S refrigerates eggs in article as well.
VMN70 TIL about Phocion, an Athenian statesman who was so humble and frugal that he was known simply as "The Good", was elected a record 45 times as Strategos (head of the military) and singlehandedly convinced Alexander the Great to spare Athens and focus on war with Persia instead.