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TIL the first Space Shuttle was to be named “Constitution”, but after a major letter writing campaign by Star Trek fans, its name was affectionately changed to “Enterprise”.

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0wrW1 TIL that a death row inmate Troy Leon Gregg escaped prison just to be beaten to death in a bar fight the same night
68dm TIL the organ seen in the ballroom on the original Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland is actual organ played by Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
XRN6 TIL that Bob Ross served as a Master Sergeant in the USAF, one of many positions that he said required him to be “tough” and “mean.” After leaving in 1981, he said that he had promised himself that if he ever left the military, he would never scream again.
Wk55X TIL that Hayao Miyazaki drew a manga based on the memoirs of Otto Carius, a German tank commander, called Tigers Covered with Mud.
nWm6o TIL The famous "Red Wedding" Game of Thrones episode was actually based on real historical Scottish events called the Black Dinner, which happened in AD 1440 and the Massacre of Glencoe, which happened in AD 1691.