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TIL There are 5 basic laws of human stupidity and everyone belongs to one of the following categories. Helpless, Stupid, Intelligent, or Bandit!

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P1QAG TIL Each year, NASA receives close to 1,000 astronaut appearance requests and there is a specific Astronaut Appearances Office in Houston, Texas. They can't receive honoraria since Federal regulations prevent astronauts from accepting gifts valued greater than $20
Z8Zvo [TIL] A group of psychiatrists watched/ studied 400 films trying to determine the most realistic psychopath; Anton Chigurh (No Country For Old Men] took number one. Hannibal Lector, Patrick Bateman (although entertaining), the most unrealistic.
D101r TIL when Arnold Schwarzenegger insisted on paying for a dinner, Andre the Giant picked Arnold up like a doll and set him atop a piece of furniture so he couldn’t pay.
0kB1 TIL that North Korea has less firepower than Thailand, and only slightly more than Ethiopia.
X0oyX TIL of Tom Major Ball a circus performer who is listed as an inspiration for David Bowie’s “Major Tom”. Ball had numerous illegitimate children, had an affair with a co-star who later died on stage, sold garden gnomes as a business and in his 60’s, fathered future UK prime minister John Major.