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TIL Apollo astronaut Harrison Schmitt suggests intensive cross-country skiing lessons for future lunar astronauts to help them explore the surface more quickly. He recommended the Taurus-Littrow valley as a potential destination for a lunar ski resort

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1Mnr TIL In 2006, a man in Scotland was jailed for two days for “revving his car in a racist manner”.
W7vVA TIL that after a week into the general run of the movie 'The Shining', Kubrick cut a scene at the end that took place in a hospital, where it's explained that Jack's body couldn't be found. The scene was physically cut out of prints by projectionists and sent back to the studio
0wL8A TIL that during the Vietnam War, American troops would consume small amounts of C4 explosives to get a "high" similar to alcohol.
5YjBQ TIL that Mary, Queen of Scots, was raised in France, was married to the French king, and signed documents that any son she bore would rule both realms. But for Elizabeth I's outmaneuvering of her rival, Scotland might well have spent the past four centuries as part of France instead of Britain.
vPR1j TIL during the 1990's, Volkswagen sold three special editions of the Golf as part of sponsoring three rock bands' European tours: The Golf Pink Floyd Edition, the Golf Rolling Stones Edition, and the Golf Bon Jovi Edition.