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TIL: In the early days of the Space Shuttle program, NASA aimed for 60 launches a year. By the end, the average was only 6.

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B70D TIL Sochi, Russia, home to the 2014 Winter Olympics, is considered the country’s largest resort city, with a “subtropical climate” and “warm to hot summers and mild winters”
WkQm8 TIL after the forced annexation of Hawaii, Prince Jonah, son of the last king of Hawaii, joined the GOP and ran for congress, succeeding. He served in the House of Representatives for 19 years, and is the only known royalty to have served in Congress.
rRBNM TIL in 2009 an upset musician who had his $1200 Martin Guitar badly damaged by United Airlines and refused compensation, decided to write a song about it. In 10 days it gained 4 millions views and managed to knock 180 Million off United's Shares. The song was called "United Breaks Guitars".
Wk9l8 TIL Wyatt Earp was the last surviving participant of the OK Corral shootout, dying in 1929, aged 80. He'd held many jobs throughout his career, one of which was as an enforcer at a brothel. In his later years, he’d consulted on Hollywood westerns and gotten to known various actors and directors.
0wMOy TIL: Paper airplanes were not created to mimic real airplanes. They predate them.