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TIL: The actual phrase is "Houston, we've had a problem"

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wL8A1 TIL during WWII, Britain drafted women, starting with 20-30 year old singles, and eventually employing almost 90% of all single women and 80% of all married women in essential war work in roles such as as mechanics, engineers, munitions workers, air raid wardens, bus and fire engine drivers
R5mQj TIL: The new Premier League Champions Liverpool FC are owned by Fenway Sports Group, as are the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Penguins, and RFK Racing
4XQQo TIL The Way of the Dragon was co-produced, directed, and written by Bruce Lee. With a small budget of $130,000, the film grossed over $130,000,000, or 1000x its budget. For reference, Avengers: Endgame, the highest grossing film of all time, grossed approx. 8x its budget
Pywn TIL that scientists have successfully created cheese using human bacteria collected from toes and belly buttons.
N71Eb TIL: The inventor of shopping carts, Sylvan Goldman, had to hire "decoy shoppers" to wheel the carts around stores and demonstrate their convenience, due to not catching on initially.