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TIL The Space Shuttle Discovery launched with a bat clinging to the outside of the spacecraft that held on until at least the vehicle cleared the tower.

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oR46Y TIL Dodge and RAM are separate brands since 2010 but both are still owned by Chrysler, that's owned by Fiat. Dodge branding goes on most vehicles and RAM is reserved for the trucks (and a van)
xVkp0 TIL the only head coach in Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball history to have a losing record during their time at Kansas was James Naismith, who was the inventor of basketball.
9KLX TIL Hitler considered the Japanese “Honorary Aryans” because of their “racial integrity.”
neV4B TIL That in the 1500s, Incas had cotton armor so densely woven it could repel spears and arrows almost as well as metal armor
VMx84 TIL Art Garfunkel has kept a list of every book he's read since 1968, and lists Fifty Shades of Grey among his favorites