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TIL movies for Portal and Half Life have been announced
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TIL that Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in Space, was so inspired by Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Lieutenant Uhura on Stark Trek that she began every shift of her 1992 Shuttle mission by radioing "Hailing Frequencies Open" as a tribute to the actress and her character.
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TIL Fort Wayne, IN had a mayor named Harry Baals, and in recent years have had to adjust street signs and buildings named after him and his family now pronounces the name 'Bales'.
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TIL for US Residents there are Special Passport Acceptance Fairs for First Time Applicants
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TIL of a former policeman who rewrote the fine print on his credit card contract to include unlimited credit and no interest, and got the bank to sign on it. The bank claimed they didn’t read the contract but the court held that the amended contract to be legally binding and he won the case.
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TIL:Josefina Guerrero (August 5, 1917 – June 18, 1996) was a Filipina spy during World War II. Guerrero had leprosy and was an unsuspicious and effective surveillance asset for American allied forces.