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TIL That NASA has a list of accurate space technology terms that writers can use in Science Fiction stories

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dPNZ TIL one of the first things people would see entering ancient Milan from the East was a bas-relief of a woman shaving her pubes.
pZJA TIL Dennis Rodman Was Pretty Much Kicked Out of N. Korea for Being Way Too Drunk
4WRw TIL BMW was forced to recall a female-voiced navigation system on its 5 Series cars in the late 1990s after being flooded with calls from German men saying they refused to take directions from a woman.
Bnmy TIL Weird Al’s first hit “My Bologna” was recorded in a men’s room across the hall from his college radio station.
kJBrW TIL Napolean, who was famous for being short, was actually 5 foot 6 (1.686 meters)