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TIL Samuel L. Jackson was an usher at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral

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rEp0 TIL: Many of the most badass lines in the movie 300 were real historical quotes; and that dry, blunt wit has been named after that region of Grece as a result.
oRO8L TIL there was an effort during WWII to train pigeons to guide missiles by strapping them in a harness and using their pecks to navigate. The pigeons were largely successful during closed loop tests with fast response time and high accuracy, but the project never came to fruition due to budget cuts.
wLXLJ TIL that when individuals with a history of depression used a mnemonic strategy called the Method-of-Loci to access self-affirming memories, they benefited from an increased ability to use positive memories in order to offset downturns in mood in their day-to-day life.
8ewmb TIL according to the Romans, their founder fled to Carthage from Troy during the Trojan Wars and seduced the Carthaginian Queen, prompting her to commit suicide when he abandoned her for Italy
x6E6w TIL that the story of NASA spending millions on a space pen is a lie.The pen was invented by a man called Paul Fisher who sold it to NASA for $6 a pen.