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TIL Newt Gingrich has co-written multiple alternate history novels

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x6PjB TIL that the U.S.A has no official language
QJlg9 TIL Guion S. Bluford was a decorated Air Force pilot in Vietnam before joining NASA in the late 1970s.In 1983,he became the first African American to travel into space when he served as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Challenger.Before he retired he had logged 688 hours in space.
DkYv TIL That Larry, the Chief Mouser of the Cabinet Office, has had his position fall under scrutiny due to both the competitive performances of the Chief Mouser of the Treasury (Gladstone) and the Chief Mouser of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (Palmerston), and his own “lack of killer instinct”.
MgZb TIL misphonia is a disorder where people are abnormally annoyed by everyday noises such as chewing, slurping, etc.. Many people develope it by being intimated by someone at their their table at as a child. The sounds heard then triggers anger and sometimes cause rage throughout their life.
MljV TIL as of 2011, there are more barrels of bourbon aging in the state of Kentucky (4.7 million) than there are people who live there (4.3 million).