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TIL Quentin Tarantino played an Elvis impersonator on the golden girls

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KR56 TIL, test pilot Tex Johnson did a barrel roll in a prototype 707 during a first look at a an air show with a lot of potential customers in attendance. When his boss called him into his office and said “What the hell were you doing?”, he replied “Selling Airplanes.”.
b6PZZ TIL the Titanic was the longest ship on the seas for just 15 days. It was constructed to be 6 inches longer than its sister ship, the Olympic, which it surpassed upon completion. Following the Titanic’s sinking, the Olympic reclaimed the title and held it for another 15 months.
awRQM TIL that anyone on earth can request and reserve time using the Hubble Space Telescope.
kJA7d TIL that in Alaska, a slow driving motorist with more than five cars behind them must pull over and let the cars pass
glX8 TIL that a girl in Iran gave birth at the age of 9 after being prostituted by her parents. When she was 19, she was sentenced to death for incest and prostitution, until a lawyer intervened and had her sentence reduced to public beating and imprisonment.