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TIL There was a special GM program that allowed astronauts to lease up to two Chevys per year for $1 each. Six of the seven original Mercury astronauts took full advantage of the program by leasing both a family wagon and a Corvette

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yQmoJ TIL It is believed the first Japanese citizen to set foot in America was Oguri Jukichi, captain of a freighter that was sailing off the Japanese coast in 1813 when a storm blew it deep into the Pacific Ocean. Two years later, they were rescued off the coast of California and returned to Japan.
Emk0 TIL that police officer isn’t in the top ten most dangerous jobs in America and is barely #15
R7g1l TIL Eva Mendes’ voice was dubbed over in the Steven Seagal movie “Exit Wounds” without her knowledge. A producer later told her her natural voice “didn’t sound intelligent enough.” She later replied “it was a Steven Seagal movie, and I didn’t sound intelligent enough.”
KnMw TIL that there are birds that drink blood
QJKeM TIL that gonorrhea is one of the strongest known organisms, capable of pulling with a force 100,000 times their own body weight, this is equivalent to a human pulling 10 million kilos.