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TIL the notion that NASA astronauts carry suicide pills for use in case they are marooned in outer space is untrue. Exposure to outer space results in a much faster and smoother demise compared to a suicide pill.

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MDVa TIL in the 18th century, land owners would keep “ornamental hermits” on their land to act eccentric, usually reciting Latin phrases and growing their beard and finger nails long.
0mJA Today I Learned that a programmer that had previously worked for NASA, testified under oath that voting machines can be manipulated by the software he helped develop.
nWWjd TIL that in 1985, First Lady Elena Ceaușescu demanded the Piața Romană metro station be removed because she thought "the workers and students were getting fat and needed more exercise". However, the engineers realized the station would be necessary so they built it in secret anyway.
16KBW TIL while filming 14 videos back-to-back, Ed Sheeran had one day off & spent it flying to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to perform with Eminem during Em's induction. After finding this out, Em told him “Anything you ever need?" And on the spot, Ed told Em to appear at his show when he came to Detroit
mBZp TIL author Christopher Hitchens was called to the Vatican to give evidence against Mother Teresa’s beatification. He said, “It was by talking to her that I discovered, and she assured me, that she wasn’t working to alleviate poverty. She was working to expand the number of Catholics.”