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TIL that Nixon extended the Vietnam War for political gain

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WkgLL TIL astronaut Wally Schirra would take pictures of his frozen pee as it floated through space, glinting with sunlight. The pee-flakes looked like a beautiful starfield, he said. One astronomer saw a photo & asked what constellation it was, and Schirra said "Jocelyn, that's the constellation Urion."
QNKda TIL after murdering a woman in 1821, convicted killer John Horwood was hanged, had his body dissected and his skin was used to bind a book that contained the details of his crime in a practice called anthropodermic bibliopegy.
e0B9n TIL that Donkey Kong creator Miyamoto used "donkey" to convey "stubborn" in English; the name Donkey Kong was intended to convey "stubborn ape" to the American audience. When he suggested this name to Nintendo of America, he was laughed at, but the name stuck.
oBrW8 TIL Shoplifters were using self service checkouts to scan expensive fruit and veg as carrots at a major UK supermarket chain. They were only discovered when the supermarket noticed they had sold more carrots than they’d ever had in stock.
0wP6L TIL the Vikings are considered to be precursors of modern democracies by political scientists: men and women gathered for assemblies called "Things" (þings) where they decided on laws and punishments for crimes