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TIL that in the 1950s, rocket designer Wernher von Braun and NASA collaborated multiple times with Walt Disney to create several space-themed television shows and help influence public perception of space exploration

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PYpPw TIL: Marion Tinsley, of Ironton, Ohio, is considered one of the greatest checkers players to ever live. He lost only 7 games in his 45-year career, 2 of them to a computer. During one game against the Chinook program, he saw a mistake the computer made and predicted a win 64 moves into the future.
Egox7 TIL More than 14,000 needles are cleaned up from public spaces across Boston every week. Boston has four employees assigned to pick up used syringes and eight outreach workers who collects needles as they attempt to connect people to recovery services
ADpal TIL that the first black millionaire was Madam C. J. Walker. She was the first in her family born into freedom, and made her money through developing hair and beauty products for black women.
4nR TIL there is a red beach in China
o8NA TIL of the “American Hippo Bill,” a 1910 plan to introduce hippos to the bayous of Louisiana in order to control populations of water hyacinth (an invasive plant species) and provide a source of meat. The bill fell just short of being passed.