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TIL "Paralyzed" by Legendary Stardust Cowboy is one of the few songs to be banned by NASA

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rNG7w TIL of the Olympic Salute. Formerly a tradition at the events, it consisted of the right arm being raised at an angle. At the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, many interpreted athletes doing the salute as supporting the Nazi government due to its similarity to the Nazi salute. It was retired after WWII.
9rAX TIL Actor Tommy Lee Jones and former Vice President Al Gore were roommates in college.
9rYr TIL Sir Christopher Lee not only fought Yoda and Gandalf, but he is also veteran of WWII. Oh, and he sings in a power metal band that tells the tale of Charlemagne… He’s 92.
16Vxd TIL the largest rose tree in the world, located in Tombstone, Arizona, was planted in 1885 and now covers 5000 square feet and has a trunk that is 14 feet in diameter
oBY5W TIL Bill Withers was the youngest of 6 in West Virginia, his coal miner father died when he was 13 and he was almost 30 he ‘finally got around to’ pursuing music professionally.