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TIL Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan repaired the moon rover with duct tape

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PmDG TIL that writing was likely only invented from scratch three times in history: in the Middle East, China, and Central America. All other alphabets and writing systems were either derived from or inspired by the the others, or were too incomplete to fully express the spoken language.
R7gv6 TIL that Sister Act was originally intended as a vehicle for Bette Midler. When Whoopi Goldberg got the role, after Midler turned it down, the writer, Paul Rudnick, did not want to be associated with the film and was credited under a pseudonym.
4gbX TIL: In 2011 The International Sperm Bank quit accepting donations by red heads
mx1LM TIL that military service dogs in the US have higher ranks than their handlers.
obaR TIL that Eugene Debs ran for the presidency in 1920 while in prison and received more than 900,000 votes