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TIL Caitlyn Jenner was a race car driver.

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8ekW4 TIL a robot named HitchBot successfully hitchhiked across Canada, Germany and the Netherlands, but got decapitated while hitchhiking across the US
woZN1 TIL NASA didn't expect Skylab to deorbit until the early 80s, and made plans to revisit the space station with the shuttle, boost it to a higher orbit, and expand it through the decade. Atmospheric drag from increased solar activity in the late 70s brought it down sooner than anticipated.
oRrk7 TIL Tina Turner has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame... twice. Once as Ike & Tina Turner, and a second time as solo artist.
pYOOb TIL Aaron Burr was the U.S. Vice President in July 1804 when he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel and continued to serve until his term ended eight months later. Charges of murder were complicated by the fact that Hamilton was shot in New Jersey but died in New York.
6E45X TIL William "Wild Bill" Douglas, the longest-serving Supreme Court Justice, argued that the Vietnam War was illegal, that we should be able to sue on behalf of the environment, and that contraception bans violated our Right to Privacy. Later, the FBI planted marijuana on his property to entrap him.