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TIL that Bose is majority owned by MIT

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maEP TIL that on a $500 bet, the first words of the third man on the moon (who was somewhat shorter than Neil Armstrong) were “Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me.”
p8ogQ TIL the curiously named US Navy ship, USS Bonhomme Richard, is actually a playful pseudonym for Ben Franklin. It was based on Franklin’s pen-name for his “Poor Richard’s Almanac”, and French for “good man”, due to his affinity for France.
8aQg4 TIL that Scientologists advocate that childbirth should be a silent process with no talking or shouting otherwise it can lead to childhood mental trauma.
mLjp TIL that Jacqueline Kennedy’s pink Chanel suit, which was covered in blood during JFK’s assassination and remains unlaundered, will not be placed on public display until 2103
yQWe TIl that Krakatoa’s eruption, alongside being the loudest sound ever heard, was 13,000 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, and killed approximately 36,000 people.