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TIL The first American in space, Alan Shepard, said “Don’t fuck up, Shepard” before launch. This is now known among aviators as Shepard’s prayer

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6Ep4J TIL that the kings of Spain had bizarre rules of etiquette during the late middle ages. It's no wonder that poor king Philip the third, literally got roasted to death while sitting near the fire because his chamberlain was not present and no one else there dared to reduce the heat out of fear.
kOn57 TIL that in 2019, Joey Gaydos Jr., who played lead guitarist Zack “Zack Attack” Mooneyham in Jack Black’s “School of Rock” band, was arrested by Florida police for stealing guitars and pawning them off.
b6a7 TIL there’s an open source solar energy collector that can be build from scrap for well under $100, using basic tools and skills
DQpLJ TIL that Thomas Harris, best known for creating the character of Hannibal Lecter, has only written six novels in a span of 48 years. Stephen King has said that for Harris, "the very act of writing is a kind of torment.”
Za7a TIL President Johnson would regularly expose himself, and when asked why we were in Vietnam, pulled his penis out and said “This is why.”