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TIL that when Lodewijk van den Ber designed an experiment for the Space Shuttle, NASA asked for a list of eight people who could fly in orbit to run it. Adding his own name to finish the list, to van den Ber’s amazement he became the first Dutch spaceman despite his age (53) and physical condition.

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OogO7 TIL there is an island in Ethiopia where Christian Ethiopians claim to have kept the Ark of Covenant for thousands of years. It is watched over by a single man with no name known as the "Guardian" and no woman are allowed on the island for fear of "stirring the passions" of the virgins on the island
pYOOb TIL Aaron Burr was the U.S. Vice President in July 1804 when he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and continued to serve until his term ended eight months later. Charges of murder were complicated by the fact that Hamilton was shot in New Jersey but died in New York.
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N71KP TIL That concert speakers that are placed further away from the stage need to have their incoming signals delay, in order to accommodate for the difference between the speed of electricity, and the speed of sound.
woJAJ TIL that Liberia was founded by U.S. citizens as a colony for freed African American slaves and their free black descendants.