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VBv4m TIL That Prior to Serving as Secretary of Defense from 2001-2006, Donald Rumsfeld had Previously Held the Same Post from 1975-1977, Making Him Both the Youngest and the Oldest Secretary of Defense in U.S. History.
R71Pl TIL of William Shepherd of the Expedition 1 crew on the ISS. He is a Navy SEAL, studied 3 types of engineering, and was award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
5YgkB TIL Paul McCartney refused to let "Weird" Al Yankovic parody 'Live And Let Die' as 'Chicken Pot Pie' on the grounds that he's a vegetarian. Just like with Eminem, Al made up a fake interview with the former Beatle
BrBax TIL Kary Mullis, Nobel Prize Winner American Biochemist, who invented PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) technique, held high belief in 'Astrology' and had an encounter with an extraterrestrial in the form of a fluorescent raccoon. He used to self-test novel psychoactive substances too.
jNVZE TIL that in 1946, a trapped moth caused a malfunction in the early computer which resulted in the term 'bug' to be coined for all software errors.