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TIL There is an optimal pattern to solves Where’s Waldo

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wL1lM TIL Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" sold less than 1000 copies when first released in America due to suppression from the president of his label. It became well-known after inclusion in the soundtrack to Good Morning, Vietnam.
5VBvp TIL camels can drink 1 litre of water per second.
6nlw TIL that Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang was not allowed to bring reindeer jerky with him on board a shuttle mission as it was “weird” for the Americans so soon before Christmas. He had to go with moose instead.
nbdo TIL African-American physicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson calculated the trajectory for Alan Shepard’s first space flight by hand. When NASA used computers for the first time to calculate John Glenn’s orbit around Earth, officials called on Johnson to verify its numbers.
jNjwE TIL the unabomber stated his occupation as "Prisoner" and his awards as "Eight life sentences" in the Harvard alumni 50-th anniversary year book.