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TIL Alan Shepard peed in his spacesuit moments before becoming the first American in space

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7WrZ TIL that women were banned from the MLB after a 17 Year Old Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
NXGe8 TIL about Don Ritchie, an Australian who intervened and prevented at least 180 suicide attempts at a notable suicide destination called The Gap. He lived nearby and would approach and ask “Can I help you in some way?”
XElQP TIL that powered airships were invented before radio, the Origin of species, and the Lincoln Administration
6ODW TIL Nuclear power is actually better environmentally than coal.
4JDa TIL America was named the greatest threat to world peace, beating out all challengers by a wide margin, by a massive world opinion poll conducted by Win/Gallup in 2013