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8mZb TIL that the word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
KOlb6 TIL of Fallen Astronaut - a small aluminum sculpture of an astronaut. The sculpture was authorized to be brought on board Apollo 15, but astronaut David Scott placed it on the moon as a memorial to American and Soviet casualties of their respective space programs.
7rxV7 TIL that there was a Soviet spy in Congress from 1923 to 1945. Congressman Samuel Dickstein of New York was a paid agent of the NKVD, the precursor to the KGB. While in Congress, Dickstein helped to establish an "un-American activities" committee, which he used to attack suspected communists.
p8n98 TIL Paro Airport in Bhutan is so dangerous that only eight pilots are qualified enough to land there. (Pilots maneuver between mountains, fly within feet of houses, and land on a narrow, 6,500-foot runway.)
j6VYN TIL that John Tyler, the 10th U.S. President still has a living grandson, Harrison Tyler who is 94 yrs old.