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oBEa8 TIL the American with the most days in space is Peggy A. Whitson. At 665 days, she has nearly spent two years literally without her feet on the ground.
a87QN TIL Chuck Mangione recorded a song called “Peggy Hill” to honor the series.
7rKdX TIL that when the ancient Marquesan people, who became Hawaiians, first sailed to Hawaii, they brought pigs, dogs, and chickens to eat. These fat, slow dogs that mainly ate fermented Taro root were called Poi dogs and were eaten and sometimes sacrificed and placed in ritual graves with children.
Z8dMo Till scientists solved the complex problem of growing seedless watermelon without seeds in the 1990's eating watermelon was less enjoyable. They achieved this feat with a complicated cross-pollination process, thus creating a new commercial fruit market.
77Ex TIL Hattie McDaniel, the first African American Oscar winner, was required to sit at a segregated table; her white agent, William Meiklejohn, sat at the same table. The hotel hosting the ceremony had a strict no-blacks policy, but allowed McDaniel in as a favor.