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TIL After his execution, the skin of slave-rebellion leader Nat Turner was turned into souvenir purses

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JYrRB TIL that an American flag that was flown on the final shuttle mission in 2011, was left on the ISS to be returned to Earth by the next crew to be launched from the US. After 9 years, the crew of Demo 2 should be returning it.
KNjQ TIL that Jim Henson once tried to do LSD in his muppet workshop; he felt no effects, so he called it a day and then drove home
xX71 TIL Del from The Goralliz wrote the hit song “Clint Eastwood” with help from the book “How to Write a Hit Song”. He bought the book with a coupon his mom gave him and he gave her the platinum plaque.
JYv8k TIL the movie "Baby Driver" was first imagined when director Edgar Wright heard the song "Bellbottoms" and imagined a getaway driver waiting for his crew to complete a bank heist. He tested the concept while directing the music video for "Blue Song" by Mint Royal in 2003, almost 15 years earlier.
dKD8 TIL that the Red Hot Chili Peppers and their producer once set aside $2,000 out of the $5,000 EMI gave them for a demo tape so they could have money to spend on heroin and cocaine