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TIL there is something called the “CSI effect”. Because of television crime dramas, jurors have unrealistic expectations of forensic science and investigation techniques

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woPmP TIL of Zambia's space program involving being rolled down a hill & spun around trees in an oil drum as weightlessness training, then swinging on a rope then cut from it, emulating freefall. Taught to walk on their hands as this was "how you walk in space". A 16 yr old and a cat were Mars bound first
M7epW TIL Benito Mussolini denied the existence of homosexuality in Italy.
D1Pvr TIL that UFC announcer Bruce Buffer met his half brother when he was thirty...that man is Michael Buffer the “Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!” Guy.
AoDa TIL while recording “I Put A Spell On You”, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was so intoxicated, he blacked out with no memory of the session afterwards. In order to perform it the same way, he had to relearn the song from the drunken recording. It became his biggest commercial success.
wo0a6 TIL that "Weird Al" Yankovic is one of only five artists to chart on the Billboard Top 100 each of the previous four decades. The other four are U2, Madonna, Michael Jackson and Kenny G.