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7rwpL TIL the same actor (Troy Gentile) plays the young version of Jack Black in both Tenacious D and Nachos Libre.
neNVo TIL in 1972, President Richard Nixon called Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula before the Super Bowl and recommended he run a certain play. The week prior, he reportedly did the same thing with the Washington Redskins. Both teams ran the plays he suggested; both plays failed. Both teams lost.
kgvd TIL a stenographer (or court reporter) types phonetically using a 22-keyed unmarked keyboard at 200+ WPM and 98.5% accuracy.
WVd9 TIL a Titanic II is being built by an Australian billionaire. It will be an exact replica of the first and even serve the same meals.
6EQXm TIL of the Skylab Mutiny: in 1973 the crew of the skylab space station turned off all communications with NASA after being over-worked and spent the day relaxing and looking at the Earth. It is the only strike to occur in space.