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TIL the highest paid woman CEO in America was born a man

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DQ9Wj TIL the first ever recorded indoor hockey game was held at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec on March 3, 1875.
w5GW TIL: A 15 year old found a cheap and speedy way to detect pancreatic cancer. He was denied 199 times before someone gave him a chance.
X0P6R TIL: After his death in 2002,MLB Hall of Fame Left Fielder Ted Williams’ children went against his wishes of cremation, instead electing to freeze his remains cryogenically leading to a lawsuit between his children.
oB5ZY TIL that the sloths urinates and defecates once a week. Constipation is normal for them and so when they do go, it is like giving birth.
j6JPX TIL sitting U.S. President Harry Truman went for a 440-foot deep ride on captured German submarine U-2513 in 1946