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TIL Rep. Tom Moore Jr, concerned about legislators’ lack of attention in passing bills, once got the Texas Legislature to inadvertently pass a bill honoring the Boston Strangler for his work in population control

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XEA6X TIL Laika, the first Soviet Space Dog died within hours due to overheating. This was not made public until 2002; it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion.
LkxWZ TIL that the reason Mr. T wore so many gold chains and jewelry was because customers would lose the items or leave them at the night club where he worked as a bouncer. He would stand outside the club wearing the items in case a customer came back looking for them so that he could return the items.
WZ8N TIL a teenage colonist girl was captured in 1755 by the Shawnee, given to the Seneca, fully assimilated into their culture, helped supply the Mohawks against the rebels in the American Revolution, helped negotiate for the Seneca after their defeat, and lived to the age of 90 with the Seneca Nation
KYReE TIL the saying "Too soon!" for a joke told shortly after a tragedy was popularized in modern comedy after an unidentified man shouted it at Gilbert Gottfried's standup a couple weeks after 9/11.
D1XLv U.S. airlines have collectively grounded thousands of planes, with Delta alone parking 600 jets. In late March, industry group Airlines for America said that about 1,200 U.S. planes were parked. Experts estimate that worldwide, about half of the planes in the world are currently grounded due to COVID-19, analysts at Cowen Investment Bank say.