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v18Jx TIL the earliest known recording of a radio broadcast is of an address delivered by Woodrow Wilson on the anniversary of Armistice Day in 1923, only a few months before his death
vQJR TIL A passenger on a plane was sucked through a window after one of the engines exploded, damaging the aircraft. His remains were discovered 2 years later by a crew building a radio telescope in the desert.
KY6NQ TIL when NASA sent the first woman, Sally Ride, to space they thought she needed 100 tampons for a 6 day trip.
Y7DGG TIL Bruce's Springsteen's 13th album Devils and Dust releases in 2005 was his first and only album to have a parental advisory label. The label was used for the "adult imagery" in the song Reno where the character in the song visits a sex worker.
69WwX TIL During Wimbledon, more than 38.4 tons of strawberries (1.92 million strawberries to be precise) and 445kg of raspberries are picked and consumed during the 2 week tournament.