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TIL Ronald Reagan's pet name for his wife Nancy was "Mommie Poo Pants"

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50Nk TIL On a trip to China, Prince Philip joked to students that “If you stay here much longer, you’ll go slit-eyed.” After initial concerns of offense, Chinese officials responded that they also warned their students of going “round-eyed” when studying abroad.“
N75EN TIL that actor Brian Blessed is a fully trained astronaut, having completed over 800 hours of 'space training' in Moscow, and "remains the number one civilian on the wait list for the International Space Station."
wod78 TIL that the sun is not big enough to become a black hole.
WkaXN TIL about the Orange Alternative movement. Known as the Revolution of Dwarfs, attracted more than 10,000 people who marched through the city centre in Wrocław, wearing orange dwarf hats.
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