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TIL that the space shuttle flew 135 missions with a flight computer that had less than 1% of the computing power as an XBox 360.

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OGgr1 TIL that eight years after JFK’s assassination, Jackie Kennedy avoided the public unveiling of their White House portraits, but the Nixons graciously agreed to a secret, private tour for her and her kids. It was her only return visit.
YpopW TIL that during the Second Liberian Civil War, Women creatively protested the war by refusing to have sex until the men set aside weapons, and threatened to take off clothes during a peace talk unless an agreement was reached.
VBd9D TIL Henrietta Wood who was enslaved in the American South until her owner, Jane Cirode, took her to Ohio in 1844. After being re-enslaved in 1853, Wood successfully sued her captor, Zebulon Ward, in 1869 and was awarded $2,500 – the largest slavery restitution in U. S. history.
4Xnm5 TIL the 1992 Joe Pesci comedy My Cousin Vinny is praised by legal experts as being one if the most accurate film depictions of courtroom procedure and trial strategy. It is even cited in textbooks on law.
0walv TIL Queen Elizabeth I's teeth turned black in her old age due to a sugary diet.