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TIL "Said the actress to the bishop," is the original, "That's what she said."

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BrZ8L TIL that astronauts lose as much as 22% of their blood while in space, as a reaction to the uniform blood pressure caused by microgravity. Until their body replaces this blood, many returning astronauts can't stand for more than a few minutes without fainting.
696Zw TIL Adolf Heusinger, Operations Chief within the general staff of the High Command of the German Army from 1938-1944, would become the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1961 to 1964.
dDw7K TIL that there is no recorded origin for who created the party horn but the world record for the most people blowing the party horn at the same time is held by 6,091 in Japan on 11/21/2009
j6Lp TIL that after Hurricane Katrina, Six Flags New Orleans was abandoned and remains untouched [PICS]
l7xK TIL Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” was shaped by his life living in the shadows of the Holocaust.