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TIL the use of iron maidens as a medieval torture device is considered to be a myth

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BkpK TIL WWE Hall of Famer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper broke down in Mickey Rourke’s arms after watching a screening of The Wrestler, due to the film’s accurate portrayal of the lives many older and independent professional wrestlers live.
xVxok TIL that one reason Lyndon B. Johnson did not run for re-election was because a study he commissioned had predicted he would die at 64 and thus may not make it through a 2nd term. True enough, he would die on 22 January 1973 at 64, 2 days after what would have been the end of his 2nd term.
eaX4 TIL A&T offered a 900 number ($2 first minute, $0.45 for each additional minute) where callers could hear the live ground loop during shuttle missions. This was also used for up-to-the-minute details of Voyager’s encounter with Neptune.
0lkR TIL that there designs for a rocket even larger than the Saturn V that could boost 1.2 million pounds into orbit. It was so large it had to be launched partially submerged and was call the Sea Dragon.
WkOnN TIL the oldest still existing university in the world from around 800 A.D. was founded by a woman