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TIL that FDR's illness might have been Guillain–Barré syndrome, not polio

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16lW7 TIL Neil Armstrong had rejected numerous proposals to have an author write his biography until he finally accepted a proposal from James Hansen, a history professor. He eventually recorded more than 50 hours of interviews with Armstrong, who did not demand approval rights for "First Man" nor profit
ADrbx TIL In males, 80% to 95% of REM sleep is normally accompanied by partial to full penile erection.
KYVg6 TIL that even with an orbital velocity of 490,000 MPH, the sun has only circled the Milky Way 18-20 times.
YpRXZ TIL in 1973 Chippewa chief Adam Fortunate Eagle flew from California to Italy, "discovering" it and claiming it for his tribe on the same basis as Christopher Columbus's claims to Native American lands
pk9G TIL that when a scientist attempted to blow the whistle on the FDA for approving an unsafe medical device, the FDA installed spyware to record his private emails and surfing activities, and then used the information to smear him and other whistleblowers.