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TIL Disney hired a convicted child molester to direct their 1995 movie “Powder”. Victor Salva pleaded guilty to oral sex with a 14 year old actor on set of a previous movie.

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YGJv TIL NASA engineers asked Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, if 100 tampons was the right number for her 7-day trip to space.
yVdAV TIL that each of the characters in Gilligan's Island represented one of the seven deadly sins
dDjwj TIL that in 1956, a man named Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a plane from New Jersey, flew it into Manhattan, and landed it in front of a bar as part of a drunken bet. Two years later, he did it again for the same bet
XE9er TIL in 1965 Timothy Leary was convicted of possession of Marijuana and sentenced to 30 years in prison and fined $30,000 (2020: $250,000)
8Y9G TIL Hitler sanctioned the construction of a six-wheeled 3,000hp Porsche intended to break the land speed record. It was 27ft long and made its power from a 44.5 liter V12