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TIL That Amelia Earhart had a copilot when she disappeared, his name was Fred Noonan.

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v19N8 TIL On April 16th, 1912 Harriet Quimby became the first woman to pilot an aircraft across the English Channel. Her accomplishment received little media attention, however, as the sinking of the RMS Titanic the day before consumed the interest of the public and filled newspapers.
69mK7 TIL that Dimitrios Loundras, a Greek gymnast, holds the distinction of being the youngest ever athlete and medalist in Olympics history, having been 10 years and 218 days old when he participated in the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens.
R5P49 TIL in 2013 McDonald's gave Charles Ramsey free food for a year after he helped rescue 3 women, who had been held hostage for years, while carrying a "half-eaten Big Mac." In addition, 14 local Ohio restaurants also gave Ramsey free burgers for life.
DomV TIL that gray whales mate in threes; the non-dominant male just acts as a brace to hold the female in place so that she doesn’t float away.
kdb4 TIL many people in New Mexico saw the Trinity nuclear test from a distance, but the Army downplayed it as an ammunition magazine explosion