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TIL that Jimi Hendrix was kicked out of the army for masturbating while on duty

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PYwJV TIL that Charles Morton, a 17th century minister and scientist, wrote a treatise on how birds migrated to the Moon and back every winter. Morton believed that they would encounter no air resistance or be affected by gravity, and use excess fat to sustain themselves.
pY89A TIL in 2009 researchers discovered a bottled message in Auschwitz. The message contained the name & number of seven inmates between 18-20 years old, and the hometowns they were taken from. At the discovery two of the inmates were alive, three had passed away, the fate of the last two is unknown
Ype7 TIL that astronauts are recommended to jerk off in space, and that a married couple who were part of the crew of STS-47 most likely were the first to have sexual intercourse in outer space.
bKgN TIL that a 99-million-year old fossilized Daddy Longlegs was found to be sporting an erection
Ro5l TIL George RR Martin despises fan fiction, saying that it is copyright infringement and a bad exercise for aspiring writers.