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TIL the first space shuttle Enterprise was originally due to named Constitution. After a letter-writing campaign from Star Trek fans, President Ford said he was “partial to the name” and told NASA to change it

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grxk7 TIL an Australian soldier named Herbert James "Ringer" Edwards survived being crucified for 63 hours by Japanese soldiers during World War 2.
D1NpP TIL that Socrates, most well known as an elderly philosopher, was a soldier in the Athenian military up to the age of 48. Serving as a hoplite, he fought in the Peloponnesian War, where he was noted for his bravery.
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ZDAv TIL that when Louis Rèard introduced the bikini in France in 1946, no models were willing to wear such revealing swimwear, so Rèard had to hire a stripper to model it.