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TIL that Garry Shandling was offered his own late night chat show in 1992 but turned it down in order to create a sitcom about a fictionalized version of himself who did take the offer
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TIL that the same man, William A. Mitchell, invented Tang, Cool Whip, and Pop Rocks.
dDyk8
TIL that NASA's Gemini 7 space mission lasted for 14 days. After rendezvousing with Gemini 6 on the 11th day, the two astronauts had nothing to do other than read books in the very cramped cockpit. Frank Borman, the commander, said that the last three days were "bad".