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9YObm TIL of Stella Nyanzi, a foe of Ugandan President Museveni. She posted she wished Mr. Museveni had burned up in the "acidic pus" of his mother's vagina. She was jailed for cyberharassment and bared her breasts at her sentencing, "I intended to annoy Yoweri Museveni. We are tired of his dictatorship."
j6rgM TIL A speech, "IN EVENT OF MOON DISASTER" prepared for President Richard Nixon in the event of he moon landing being a failure, it detailed the White House’s response should the mission have ended in failure. (part 5 of the article)
loE5G TIL about the Danish 10 Commandments, called the "Janteloven" or the "Law of Jante." The first commandment is: "You're not to think you are anything special. "
1ao54 TIL the very different first draft of Star Wars Empire Strikes Back by Leigh Brackett was released online in 2016
QJyDa If you’ve ever travelled on a commercial airplane, there’s a likely chance you’ve noticed those little white swirls in the center of those engines on the wings. It may seem straightforward: to keep people on the ground advised when the turbofan is spinning, right? But that doesn’t explain everything.