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TIL Chuck Lorre (creator of TBBT, Two and a half men, etc) worked on cruise ships as a guitar player

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BrYwb TIL that in 1978 Sigmund Jähn, an East German Air Force pilot, was the first German in space. He joined the crew of Soyuz 31 on a manned space mission to the Soviet space station Salyut 6. Sigmund died on Sept. 21, 2019, at age 82.
woeVP TIL that during his development, Nintendo almost made Waluigi an evil version of Princess Peach named "Warupichi," but he ultimately became the evil Luigi because Wario needed a doubles partner in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64
8kjL TIL that the chanting in Star Wars’ iconic song “Duel of the Fates” is not a gibberish alien language, but a Sanskrit translation of a medieval Welsh poem. Other chants in the Star Wars series make use of Sanskrit as well.
xag0 TIL that breasts don’t just bounce up and down, but in a figure-8 pattern
J1KNk TIL that in 2018 fast food chain Sonic added a limited time Pickle Juice Slushie to their menu. In 2022 Sonic brought it back for 3 weeks, because many people on social media asked them to bring it back.