› added 12 years ago

67

TIL that after Star Trek was canceled, Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhara) volunteered for a special recruiting project at NASA where she recruited America’s first and second female, as well as black male, astronauts.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

gMbw9 TIL Woody Harrelson's father Charles Harrelson was a professional hitman, and a former inmate of SuperMax prison in Colorado
M8YV TIL in major league baseball there has only been 30 left handed catchers who caught for a single inning in baseball, of those 30 only 23 completed 1 entire game, of those 23 only 5 played 100 games or more, and of those 5 only 1 played an entire career (800 games minimum) as a lefty.
BgEgb TIL that due to industry influence, Missouri has some of the loosest alcohol laws in the US. Hard liquor can be sold in grocery stores and gas stations; bars can double as liquor stores; public intoxication is legal; and open containers are allowed in most areas, including by passengers in vehicles.
YppVr TIL McDonald’s created a bubble gum flavored broccoli that was a big failure with kids.
OOBY TIL around 87% of Ontario residents aren’t aware The Beer Store monopoly is not run by the government.