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TIL that Lauren Shephard Churchly, the daughter of Alan Shephard (first America in space) also went up in space.

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4Xo15 TIL that Ring Around the Rosie is a song about bubonic plague (black death) from England.. and it used be “and we all fall dead” but they omitted ‘dead’
16px7 TIL - in 1958, the US Air Force ran Project A119, to nuke the Moon with an H-Bomb
1da8 TIL that in Japan they have an expression to describe the sudden urge to poop when you’re in a book store
rj6w TIL that a prisoner named James Carter was leading the men in a song called “Po’ Lazarus”. Someone recorded and preserved them singing for 40 years. In 2000 it was used in a movie soundtrack, which won a Grammy. Carter was tracked down and given thousands in royalties. He didn’t remember the lyrics.
RJ98 TIL “hedgehog’s dilemma” describes hedgehogs’ inability to cuddle for warmth due to their spikes, and is a metaphor for the challenges of human intimacy.