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TIL: The US Department of Defense pays the NFL for propaganda
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TIL that astronauts are not allowed to take bread into space. This is due to astronaut John Young smuggling a corned beef sandwich on Gemini III. The sandwich crumbled apart and launched crumbs in all directions, creating a potential safety/equipment hazard.
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TIL twice a year the sun perfectly lines up with the streets of New York, creating a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge.
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TIL an 18th century man faked his own death to see how people would react. When his wife didn’t cry he caned her.
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TIL In the TV show “Home Improvement”, the “Tool Time” audience is the actual live studio audience.
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TIL Melvil Dewey, the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, was kicked out of the American Library Association for constant unwelcome advances towards women librarians.