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TIL Snoopy, the Peanuts Comic Strip character is NASA’s Official astronauts’ personal safety mascot.

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N7NQJ TIL from 1935-1964 in the US all liquor bottles were required to have the phrase “Federal Law Forbids Sale or Reuse of this bottle”. This was done in an effort to discourage the reuse of empty bottles for selling moonshine, the sale of which was very common during the Prohibition era.
e0bEJ TIL that while on death row, Ted Bundy reached out to a detective investigating the Green River Killer offering to help get inside the mind of a murderer. His insight helped lead to an arrest.
XEWOE TIL that Paul Salopek is on a 24,000 Mile Walk Across the Earth. He started in Africa and is now in China. Retracing the journey of mankind. It’s called out of Eden Walk.
Ooo81 TIL Indian sadhu, Prahlad Jani, claims to have lived without food and water since 1940 and have passed scientific tests in 2010 where he lived for 15 days without food/water while under doctor observation.
0wmXv TIL Before filming the gradual marriage fallout in Blue Valentine, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams prepared by living together in their onscreen home, buying groceries with a budget based on their characters, taking family portraits at Sears, and staging arguments for a month.