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TIL That the hair style Princess Leia wears in Star Wars, was inspired by women of the Mexican Revolution, most notably, guerrilla fighter Clara de la Rocha.

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x6bnb TIL Astronauts of the first Apollo crew, Apollo 7, had to wait until 2008 to be honored with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. All other Apollo astronauts received the award almost four decades earlier. Apollo 7 was deemed to be a "101% success"
ne6r TIL people in the American colonies went to bed on September 2, 1752, and they woke up on September 14, 1752. The intervening 11 days never happened.
R5jm4 TIL Joe 'Hill' (Stephen King's son) a Whovian, once sent the BBC, three of his pitches for Doctor Who, edited with Neil Gaiman, "We've never let an American write for this show and if we were, we wouldn't start with you."
Zr5Y TIL that the CALM Act, which forbids TV ads to be louder than programs they accompany, was proposed when a loud commercial interrupted a congresswoman’s dinner. When she complained to her brother-in-law about it, he replied “Well, you’re the congresswoman. Why don’t you do something about it?”
QNje TIL the hypnic jerk, or the twitching of the limbs that accompanies a falling sensation while sleeping, is caused by the brain’s misinterpretation of relaxed muscles as falling. The brain then sends signals to arm and leg muscles in an attempt to regain balance.