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TIL that Eunice Shriver Kennedy, JFKs older sister, founded an athletics camp in 1962 for children with intellectual disabilities. The camp would go on to evolve into the Special Olympics.

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axQJ TIL when Astronaut Ed Mitchell was asked what it’s like to stand on the moon, he said: “From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’
BgX7k TIL that Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick created the famous - and somewhat ubiquitous - red, black and white Che Guevara image. Fitzpatrick, aged 16, met Guevara in Ireland too. Fitzpatrick began distributing for free, stating ‘I literally wanted it to breed like rabbits. I wanted it to spread.’
nWGDB TIL all primary 6 students (ages 11–12) in Singapore take a national exam, the Primary School Leaving Examination, covering English, their mother tongue, math, and science, before moving to secondary school. Their results rank them, and the secondary school they attend is determined by their score.
vPVwD TIL when Blink 182 recorded Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, their manager said there was no 'good-time summer anthem', Tom and Mark responded 'You want a fucking single? I'll write you the cheesiest catchiest throwaway fucking summertime single youve ever heard!" and wrote The Rock Show in 10 mins
p6bb TIL Brain Training games don’t make you any smarter.