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TIL that in 1959 the United States Postal Service tried delivering mail with a cruise missile

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ObkY TIL there is a Danish rocketry club currently aiming to become the first amateur group to launch a person into space.
yQYaa TIL that one man paints the cochlines on every single Rolls-Royce motorcar. This is done entirely freehand and he is the only man both capable and qualified for the job.
AmMa TIL Adam Rainer is the only person in history to be categorized as both a dwarf and a giant in his lifetime. At age 21 he measured 3 feet 10.5 inches. By age 32 he measured 7 feet 2 inches tall.
gMonX TIL there is a theory that the chronic vocal injuries suffered by today's vocalists are directly caused by the "sing from your diaphragm" methods introduced in the 1800s
woKX8 TIL that Frank Zappa was mobbed by TV reporters at Prague airport, much to the shock of Shirley Temple who was the then-ambassador to Czechoslovakia.