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NXG5M TIL that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was informed of Osama Bin Laden’s death before the rest of th world found out. Johnson also made a tweet where he stated that he was proud to be an American, 45 minutes before Bin Laden’s death was announced by the White House.
Z8akY TIL that Ernie Hudson, who played Winston Zeddmore in Ghostbusters, auditioned for the same charracter in the animated series two years later, but didnt get the part because they didn't think he sounded enough like Winston from the movie.
KOj4a TIL The first cat in space was a black and white stray named Félicette. She travelled on a French rocket Veronique and stayed 15 minutes in space. She returned safely home, before being euthanized by scientists to research the brain's activity after travelling to space.
nWK8W TIL that the Romans added the letter “Y” in the first century to pronounce Greek loanwords containing the letter upsilon, and originally made an “ew” sound. The Romans called the letter “Greek I,” which is still its name in some Romance languages.
Q49M TIL that the guards of the Tomb of the Unknowns do not wear rank insignia so that they do not outrank the soldiers buried in the tomb, whatever their ranks may have been.