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TIL that John Young smuggled an illegal corned beef sandwich on board the Gemini 3 spacecraft in 1965. For this delicious stunt, he was given the first reprimand in NASA space mission history and his snack remains the only contraband sandwich to ever make it into space.

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6nol TIL that when a male honey bee climaxes during sex, his testicles explode and he dies. Effectively “busting a nut”
MelZ7 TIL of "Spocking Fives," where Canadians would alter five-dollar notes to make Prime Minister Laurier's features resemble Spock from Star Trek. "Spocking Fives" was so prevalent that later releases of the five-dollar note had a different image of Laurier with less resemblance to the famous Vulcan.
Jdrj TIL That Auburn football star Tre Mason’s father, Vincent Mason, is a member of rap group De La Soul, and recorded the laugh heard in the Gorillaz song “Feel Good Inc.”
epZaL TIL the world record for longest fall survived in an elevator (75 stories) occurred in 1945 when a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building.
kOZ4W TIL about Iva Toguri D'Aquino an alleged WW2 Propagandist who defied Japan and then was wrongfully jailed by the USA after media targeting and popular dissent