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TIL The Mercury-Redstone rocket used to launch the first American into space was fueled by 75% ethanol and 25% water - essentially Bacardi 151

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1Gad TIL three Mexicans got lost at sea and drifted from Mexico almost to Australia over the course of 9 months. They survived by eating raw fish and drinking rain water.
4XlOg TIL The bones of around 10 bodies; six of them children were found in the basement of the house Benjamin Franklin lived in London's Craven Street for nearly two decades, while he was an ambassador for the American colonies.
79A7 TIL that when ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ began, Patrick Stewart dreaded having to learn and recite technobabble dialogue. He got used to doing so, however, and “space-time continuum” became his favorite technical phrase.
yQodX Between 1994 and 2013, nearly half a million people around the world died due to earthquakes, with another 118.3 million affected. A further 250,000 deaths resulted from subsequent tsunamis – chiefly in 2004 in the Indian Ocean – and more than 700 from ash fall.
e0MJJ TIL The theme music for the British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em spells out its title in morse code.