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TIL that Zambia had its own space program in 1964, whose mission statement included sending "Afronauts": a crew consisting of a 17 year old space girl, a cat, and a priest to Mars. The priest was specifically instructed not to enforce Christianity of the Martians if they didn't want it.

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EErw TIL when she was the First Lady, Barbara Bush called the Simpsons “the dumbest thing I had ever seen”. She received letter from Marge Simpson which moved her so much, she wrote back apologizing.
l704V TIL about a 1990 British sitcom about Adolf Hitler living next to a Jewish couple. A pilot episode for the show was actually produced and aired but shortly after got cancled.
wo8b6 TIL that someone made a font that's just the word "Fuck" for every character
m1mkP TIL the prank known in the US as "ding dong ditch" is known in England as "knock down ginger"
bGAp TIL in 1906 the Bronx Zoo exhibited a Congolese pygmy man named Ota Benga in its Monkey House where he slept in a hammock and shot a bow and arrow at a target. Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of his suicide.