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TIL that there were only three people in the United States were qualified to pack the parachutes for the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. Their skills were deemed so vital that they couldn't ride in the same car together as an accident would cripple the space programme.

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BeZe TIL Ronald Reagan got the most votes of any candidate during the 1968 Republican Presidential Primaries, but Richard Nixon won the nomination.
nK7d TIL that Novelist Stephen King said that Professor Umbridge from the Harry Potter series is the “greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter.”
r0Ly TIL space has been continuously occupied by humans for 14 years 316 days as of today.
ldAV TIL casino odds on a cruise ship are way worse than on land “blackjack tables will pay 6-to-5, instead of the usual 3-to-2 you’ll find in many land-based casinos”
PPpE TIL that 6 weeks before Mubarak’s fall about 77% of Egyptians supported hand amputation as punishment for theft, 82% supported stoning to death for adultery, and 84% supported the death penalty for anyone who leaves Islam