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TIL Legendary baseball player Ted Williams was future Astronaut John Glenn's Wingman during the Korean War

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OGKoa Til when the USPS can't decipher bad handwriting, a facility in Utah comes to the rescue
gMBEy TIL that the Apollo 11 astronauts signed applications to Travelers Insurance Company for space travel accident insurance for their mission to the moon. The policies would insure against accidents but also against "disease endemic to the lunar surface or its environs".
wOL6 TIL The cat in the Godfather 1 opening scene was a stray that was found on set.
4XQGJ TIL that when her son Jeremy began showing symptoms of schizophrenia, Elli Perkins refused to consult a psychiatrist due to her Scientologist beliefs and tried to cure him with alternative medicine instead. This resulted in Jeremy murdering her because he believed she was trying to poison him.
G7ej TIL a word that can be its own antonym is called a contronym. For example, “bitch” can refer to someone who’s domineering or submissive.