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TIL When a contestant leaves Hell’s Kitchen, they are taken for a psychiatric evaluation and then go to a house where they are pampered.

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9MPG TIL Shirley Temple was an ambassador to Czechoslovakia & Ghana, survived breast cancer, served on the board of directors of Bank of America and was a candidate for the House of Representatives. REST IN PEACE
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AND77 TIL that a test launch of the 1st generation Soyuz had the escape module fire off 27 minutes after the main rocket launch was aborted, due to Earth's rotation. Then the still-fully fueled rocket caught on fire.
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Elow TIL that in 1991 an F-15 fighter achieved an air-to-air kill using a 2000lb bomb. The USAF F-15E Strike Eagle of the 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron released a GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bomb which, after 30 seconds of flight, impacted an Iraqi Air Force Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunship.