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TIL Michael J. Anderson, the actor who played The Man from Another Place in Twin Peaks, worked as a computer technician on the ground support system for NASA’s space shuttle prior to his acting career.

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lANV TIL of Hugh O'Flaherty, a priest who saved the lives of 6500 Allied soldiers and Jews during WWII by hiding them in farms, homes and convents. He was a master at disguises and evaded capture by the Gestapo many times earning him the nickname “Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican”.
v17oL TIL that China's nuclear program sought to create both an atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb, as well as an artificial satellite. Thus the program's name was 两弹一星 which translates to "Two Bombs, One Satellite".
Y95G TIL a Sudanese man, caught having sex with a neighbor’s goat nicknamed Rose, was ordered by the council of elders to pay the neighbor a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($75) and to marry the animal.
Wkj4B TIL that in June 2017 the NAACP issued a travel warning to African-American travelers for the entire state of Missouri
bDN TIL That the possible arrangements for a deck of 52 cards, is larger than the number of seconds that have elapsed since the universe began.