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TIL the origins of all cows can be traced back to a single herd

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L9n0 TIL in 1990, First Lady Barbara Bush criticized The Simpsons as “the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.“ Marge wrote a letter to her, in character, politely telling her not to be so judgmental and explaining that her family tried their best. Mrs Bush later apologized for her “loose tongue”
WkXZ9 TIL In 2008, NASA beamed a song - The Beatles' "Across the Universe" - directly into deep space. The transmission was aimed at the North Star, Polaris, which is located 431 light years away from Earth. The song will travel across the universe at a speed of 186,000 miles per second.
awkkM TIL that Vesna Vulović, a former flight attendant, holds the world record for surviving the longest free fall without a parachute (10.1 kilometers). Following the plane crash (of which she was the sole survivor), she was willing to resume working flights, however the airline gave her a desk job.
YpPxG TIL Minnesota Has Been Refusing to Return a Captured Confederate Flag to Virginia for More Than a Century
M7bkm TIL The Vatican, seat of the Pope, has a "hot fireman" calendar called the "Calendeario Romano" featuring The Vatican's hottest Priests