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TIL that actor Brian Blessed is a fully trained astronaut, having completed over 800 hours of 'space training' in Moscow, and "remains the number one civilian on the wait list for the International Space Station."

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eG8n TIL Pilots are not allowed to take Viagra within six hours of flight as Viagra can have an effect on color vision and they see the world with a bluish tinge for several hours
ANkvx TIL Mountain Gorillas almost never drink water. They get their hydration from from their plant diet and morning dew. Despite living in rainforests, they also tend to dislike rain and try to not get wet when crossing a stream. They have never been observed drinking water in the wild before 2013
X00Q6 TIL staff at the U.S Securities and Commissions Exchange (SEC) spent up to 8 hours a day watching porn even as the economy was collapsing during the 2008 financial crisis
0wBm1 TIL that in the DRC, there is a statue of former president Kabila that was built by North Korea. However, the statue's body and clothes don't really resemble Kabila's, and it is likely that North Korea just recycled a statue of Kim Jong-Il and put Kabila's head on it.
e0ayb TIL Jerry Springer resigned from the Cincinnati City Council in 1974 after the bad check he wrote for a prostitute was found by police racked up in the massage parlor’s wall with “For Services Rendered” written in the memo. Springer won the seat back in 1975 by a landslide and became mayor in 1977.