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TIL that in 1985, Utah Senator Jake Garn flew aboard the Space Shuttle. He became so sick and nauseous, that to this day, astronauts use the “Garn” as a unit of measurement of space sickness…

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xVZ91 TIL that on the island of Melanesia, natives there reenact US military parades and made a fake runway with fake airplanes to pray for the return of a US soldier by the name of John Frum so that he could bring them cargo filled with industrial blessings such as medicine, guns, and canned goods.
l7N4B TIL Hope Cook was an CIA agent who married a Maharaja in India to purportedly promoting American interests and opposing Sikkim's merger with India
1Nd4 TIL Theodore Roosevelt Jr was the only general to land on the beaches during D-Day. Although he was the oldest man on the beach and walked with a cane, he was the first man out of his landing craft. He recited poetry and joked with his men to keep them calm. He was awarded the Medal of Honor.
P1xKE TIL about Bruce Lindahl a serial killer who died after accidently stabbing himself in the leg while in the process of murdering another man.
ANYRw TIL there is a movement to recover and preserve “heritage apples,” those forgotten once commercial growers settled on a few varieties to mass grow. Over a thousand have been found so far.