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TIL That the Hostages Involved in the Iran Hostage Crisis Were Given Lifetime Passes to MLB Games

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yQRaJ TIL NASA originally planned to fly moon missions up to Apollo 20, but budget cutbacks ended at Apollo 17 and left 3 Saturn V rockets unused. 2 wound up in museums, and 1 was repurposed to launch the Skylab space station.
01OR TIL: Many sports stadiums sell watered-down 3.2% ABV beer without disclosing this to consumers.
D1Omr TIL In 1990, Rick James sued MC Hammer for copyright when Hammer sampled his song “Super Freak” in Hammer’s hit “Can’t Touch This” without permission. They agreed to settle out of court and Hammer credited James as a co-composer, James won his first and only Grammy from “Can’t Touch This”.
Rm79 TIL anticholinergic drugs like Benadryl have recently been linked to the development of dementia, short-term memory loss, and confusion through long term, daily use.
NyON TIL that males in the United States are still legally required to register for the draft within 30 days of their 18th birthday and can be fined up to $250000 for non-compliance