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TIL Danny Dyer has a daughter named Dani Dyer

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lYy5 TIL that in 1997 The Hill reported that Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee asked NASA officials whether the Mars Pathfinder photographed the U.S. flag that Neil Armstrong had planted on Mars. Her chief of staff wrote a letter to the editor telling them it was racist for them to point out her error.
gMj7y TIL that the majority of wireless communication in a wireless cellphones is not really wireless, communication mostly happens through ultra high speed communication cables which pass under the ground or under the oceans.
b9QB9 TIL that hospitals give newborns hats to wear to prevent them losing body heat through their head.
6E9Nl TIL 5 LA firefighters assaulted a man unprovoked in 2015, the victim has permanent brain damage while the 5 firefighters are still active today.
AQWd TIL that Elvis Presley and his entourage would rent out roller skating rinks to throw $15,000 worth of fireworks at each other while wearing “air force jump-suits plus gloves, helmets, and goggles.”