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TIL Big Mama Thornton released “Hound Dog” in 1953, three years before Elvis.

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a8Aoy TIL Sally Ride the first female astronaut in space was asked by NASA if 100 tampons was enough for a 6 day trip to space
D1LjJ TIL In a letter to the Emperor Theophilus, Jesus Christ was described as being 3 cubits, which is 4 feet, 6 inches tall (137 cm).
jD6R TIL that 7 years ago a man designed a Euthanasia Roller Coaster. It pulled 10 g’s and was designed to both thrill and kill 24 passengers at a time.
AG07 TIL a Las Vegas mental hospital used commercial buses to “dump” more than 1,500 psychiatric patients in 48 states over five years.
nYBr TIL: California is the only state that mandates comprehensive sex education