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TIL the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 was found not guilty by reason of insanity,and lives freely today at his mother’s house

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R74G9 TIL an MIT researcher was concerned about the censorship of human genitalia on extraterrestrial messages, so he recorded & transmitted the sound of ballerinas' vaginas contracting. The Air Force terminated the project, but test messages made it to two nearby stars in 1996 & 1998.
AmMa TIL Adam Rainer is the only person in history to be categorized as both a dwarf and a giant in his lifetime. At age 21 he measured 3 feet 10.5 inches. By age 32 he measured 7 feet 2 inches tall.
vPYm8 TIL that the first use of the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" in American literature was in the 1823 book "Seventy-Six" by John Neal about the American Revolutionary War. Seventy-Six was criticized at the time for its use of profanity and was noted for its use of colloquialisms.
Yp4Wx TIL Jackie Chan sang "I'll Make a Man Out of You" for the Mandarin AND Cantonese versions of Mulan (1998)
MPMV TIL that Bob Duffey, possibly the world’s best, safest, and most unknown motorcycle stuntman, boasts a career of over 1200 jumps with only 3 crashes having “a record of perfection unequaled by anyone.” At age 66, he still performs motorcycle stunts to this day.