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TIL that in Hawaii in 2018 it took over 38 minutes for an alert to be sent out clarifying that an initial alert sent to individuals in Hawaii was a mistake and there was no imminent missile threat inbound

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oBWyK TIL Mae Jenson, the first black woman astronaut, was inspired to become an astronaut as a child by the black female character Lieutenant Uhura from Star Trek. Nearly 30 years later she became the first real astronaut to appear on Star Trek, in an episode of Star Trek: TNG
9bYM TIL that while attending the University of Tennessee, Peyton Manning, pulled down his shorts and sat on a female trainer’s face during an examination. He proceeded to rub his rectum and testicles on the woman’s face until she was able to free herself from him.
P1AEe TIL director Werner Herzog infrequently hosts his own film school that teaches such things as "the art of lockpicking", "The creation of your own shooting permits" and "The exhilaration of being shot at unsuccessfully" among other things.
LQQX0 TIL Goldfish can recognise classical music. A study was done in which researchers played Bach and Stravinsky. The fish were first trained to bite a bead when they heard both, then only one and not the other, and finally just different clips of one. One fish preferred Bach and avoided Stravinsky.
Yp4XB TIL that Leonard Cohen wrote eighty verses for Hallelujah, only four of which were in the final recording