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TIL When Little Richard saw the engine his plane on fire, he swore that if the plane landed he would give up "the devil's music" and become a minister. The plane landed. He kept his word... for five years.

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YpNDr TIL Dandelion plants originated in Europe/Asia, and were only brought to North America by 17th-Century colonists. The plants nutritional value, along with its rugged nature, made it an efficient resource for the settlers.
p8EpA TIL The black-and-white Navigation Cameras on Curiosity’s mast show that it had to manoeuvre its robotic arm to act as a selfie stick. The arm and turret along with it were moved to face the rover and had to be moved a lot to capture the 86 images.
loEa TIL that Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, formerly of Steel Dan and The Doobie Brothers, is now a defense consultant and chaired a Congressional Advisory Board on missile defense. He is self taught, and got into defense consulting as a hobby.
R7d5l TIL The Peregrine falcon can reach speeds of 200 mph during its high speed dive, making it the fastest bird in the world, as well as the fastest member of the animal kingdom.
Olo1 TIL that “Gravity Falls” from Disney and “Rick and Morty” from Adult Swim had a subtle crossover- When Stan accidentaly throws some objects into a portal in the episode “Society of the Blind Eye”, those objects come out of one of Rick’s portals in “Close Rick-counters of the rick-kind”