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TIL Jeff Baxter, the guitarist for the Doobie Brothers, is now an expert on military use of rockets for missile defense and is an advisor at NASA.

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v17gx TIL Margaret Clitherow (died 1586) was executed for the crime of harboring Catholic priests, at a time when it was a capital offence by the Jesuits, etc. Act 1584. Although still pregnant with her fourth child, she was crushed to death by her own door.
nWWjd TIL that in 1985, First Lady Elena Ceaușescu demanded the Piața Romană metro station be removed because she thought "the workers and students were getting fat and needed more exercise". However, the engineers realized the station would be necessary so they built it in secret anyway.
1a6yd TIL there is a company that specializes in "breastaurant" uniforms to sell to places like "Hooters" or "Twin Peaks".
Le5r TIL Disney owns Epic Rap Battles of History.
R5bx4 TIL that NBC will become the first "Big Three" network to not offer a soap opera in its on-air programming on September 12, 2022, when it will send "Days of Our Lives" exclusively to Peacock. The show has aired nearly every weekday since November 8th, 1965 and has over 14,000 episodes.