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Today I learned $700 epipens which expire every year, are still good two years after their expiration date

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N7rle TIL Apollo 10 was under-fueled on purpose, just in case Stafford and Cernan got any cowboy ideas on trying to land on the moon. Nelson said that NASA was concerned they would attempt an unplanned landing, writing they said "Don't give those guys an opportunity to land, 'cause they might!"
aGl0 TIL that due to differences between speed of sound and speed of radio signals you can hear the Big Ben chime faster on a FM radio rather than standing in front of it in real life.
LBB9 TIL that Ben Franklin published a list of 200 synonyms for “drunk”, which includes “Nimptopsical”, “Cherubimical”, and “Been too free with Sir John Strawberry.”
VMxQ4 TIL: Steve Jobs was infamous for parking his Mercedes in handicapped parking spots. He also didn’t use license plates.
DJdj TIL of “hitchBOT”, a hitchhiking robot created as a social experiment and designed to be a robotic travelling companion. It successfully hitchhiked across Canada in 2014, but met its demise in 2015 while attempting to cross the United States, as the robot was decapitated & vandalized in Philadelphia