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TIL NASA engineers asked Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, if 100 tampons was the right number for her 7-day trip to space.

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JBk4 TIL that Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy, managed to become one of Syria’s Prime Minister’s best friends. While “touring” the Golan Heights, he expressed concern that the soldiers guarding fortifications are exposed to too much sun and had trees planted, which the IDF used as targeting markers.
5pZR TIL When Tupac first started rapping, he was attending the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he studied theater, ballet, and other forms of art. He loved his classes and would have graduated if he hadn’t been evicted due to his mom being a member of the Black Panther Party.
QJA96 TIL The Three Stooges performed at the very first Super Bowl Halftime Show. During their performance, Larry Fine spotted a football player hitting on his wife. He flipped him the bird, and for this he got in trouble with CBS and had to pay a fine of $42.50.
xPa5 TIL In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
LkrAZ TIL that Creed Bratton who played a fictionalized version of himself on 'The Office' was born as William Charles Schneider. In his early years he decided to try life as a traveling musician and made his way on a global excursion, during which he changed his name