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TIL that Astronaut Ice Cream flew on only one mission. It was too crumbly, not very popular with the Astronauts, and the technology to carry up real ice cream was in place by 1972.

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KOre9 TIL : Tazer Ball is a combination of soccer and rugby in which players could shock each other with stun guns. The game puts two teams of four players on a field. Players have to get a large ball into a net while avoiding their opponents, all of whom are armed with tazers.
XEJOP TIL of speed reader Kim Peek who could read a book in an hour by scanning the left page with his left eye then the right page with his right eye. He also had an exceptional memory, able to accurately recall the contents of 12,000 books.
j6wlM TIL Rajinikanth was not South-Indian; he was Marathi.
jnjN TIL Andre the Giant died in his sleep while in Paris for his fathers funeral. His father passed 12 days before.
R7Prj TIL, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was marketed with the title "The Whip Guy" in Turkey in 1984