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TIL Every Friday and Saturday, a NASA astronaut shares some of their mission memories with guests at Space Center Houston, along with options to have breakfast together for Q&A

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YplgB TIL from 2003-2009 there was a wild wolf named Romeo who befriended the people and dogs of Juneau AK.
MegL8 TIL during the tornado outbreak of 1974, forecasters in Indiana, frustrated because they could not keep up with all of the simultaneous tornado activity, put the entire state under a blanket tornado warning. This was the only time in U.S. history that an entire state was under a tornado warning.
R7BKa TIL that baby Hoatzin birds are born with claws not only on their feet, but also on their wings. This allows baby Hoatzins to flee predators in the tree by leaping into the water below their preferred nesting sites. The wing claws allow them to climb back up the tree before they learn to fly.
j6JEa TIL: Tracy Chapman sued Nicki Minaj for copyright infringement. According to the complaint, Chapman repeatedly refused to give Minaj permission to sample one of her songs, but Minaj did it anyway. Minaj settled and agreed to pay Chapman $450K.
8J08 TIL that the word Fuhrer is no longer used in German as a meaning of “leader” due to WW2. The word Leiter is used instead.