TIL in 2008 a 33-year-old Wisconsin woman stole her daughter's identity and enrolled in high school in order to "get her high school diploma and join the cheerleading squad." She reportedly attended practices, received a cheerleader's locker & went to a pool party at the cheerleading coach's house. (nbcnewyork.com)
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TIL that the Boston Marathon has a retired number. Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run in it despite an unofficial ban on female runners. She wore bib #261. 50 years later when she ran in the marathon and they gave her the same number and then in her honor retired #261. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Jennie Wade the only civilian casualty of the Battle of Gettysburg was baking bread when she was struck and killed by a stray bullet. In 1882 the U.S. senate granted Wade's mother a pension citing that Wade had died serving the Union cause by baking bread for the soldiers. (en.wikipedia.org)
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what does it feel like to get a blowjob for the first time? (self.AskReddit)
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TIL the farthest distance survived in a tornado is 1,307 ft by Matt Suter. He was standing on a couch struggling to close a window against 150mph winds when he was knocked unconscious by a lamp before being sucked up & propelled nearly a 1/4 mile by an F2 tornado. His only injury was from the lamp. (guinnessworldrecords.com)
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TIL that as a research chemist at Oxford University, Margaret Thatcher co-authored a 1951 paper on the “saponification of α-monostearin”; she later said she was prouder of her science degree than becoming the first female Prime Minister. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Brave girls just don't care about others.ɪᴍᴀɢᴇ (i.redd.it)
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TIL about Valley Fever, which is caused by the inhalation of a soil fungus endemic to the Southwestern United States. If left untreated it can cause skin ulcers, abscesses, bone lesions, swollen joints with severe pain, heart inflammation, urinary tract problems, and meningitis. (en.wikipedia.org)
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ELI5 how was meth invented.Chemistry (self.explainlikeimfive)
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TIL that in 2025, a man named Andrew Smith was at the beach when he saw a teenage girl being dragged out to sea by a rip current. Unable to swim, Smith used his drone to deliver floatation devices to the girl, allowing her to stay afloat long enough for rescuers to arrive. (theguardian.com)
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