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TIL that Tom Morello once worked as a stripper

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M7yXm TIL The Space Shuttle was designed in the hopes that spacefaring would become cheap, reliable and everyday. Instead, maintaining the fleet took months of arduous technical work and instead of flying once a week, the shuttle made on average fewer than five flights a year
RaYj TIL John McCain, while captured by the Vietnamese, was forced to give the names of his fellow pilots or they would kill him. Instead, he gave the names of the 1961 Green Bay Packers offensive line.
PGQJ TIL that when the UK Suffragettes campaign turned violent, they went as far as arson, damaging museum exhibits and planting bombs
XEW6j TIL that margarine was illegal in Canada until 1948, and was smuggled in from Newfoundland. In order for Newfoundland to join Canada, They amended the Constitution to protect their margarine production.
dd8K TIL there’s a show called “IKEA Heights” that is filmed entirely in an IKEA without the stores permission