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TIL There were thirty married astronauts during the Gemini and Apollo programs—all but seven marriages ended in divorce

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bEJ4 TIL Winston Churchill despised Gandhi and when he tried to hunger strike Churchill was in favor of letting him die
YpObG TIL 46 out of 50 states have an agreement with big tobacco, where they are given disbursements based off the sale of cigarettes. As Non Participating Manufacturers (Vapes & Eliquid) enter the market the states begin to lose hundreds of millions. Here is NY's as an example.
nWjdB TIL that during the Gulf War the coalition forces suffered nearly as many non-combat losses (145) as losses directly related to combat (148 KIA). This number is mainly due to a single C-130H that crashed while transporting 95 Senegalese soldiers.
e0QND TIL: Disney's ''The Shadow King'' (2011) remains unreleased and half complete despite $50 million dollars spent on it's production by a team of animators, model-makers and puppeteers and Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Sellick. Disney said it was 'Too dark and unsettling to make toys of'
kOvXd TIL That two men in 1958 spent 9 weeks flying in a modified Cessna without landing while refueling from a truck driving below them. An endurance record that still stands today.