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TIL that NASA engineers created a make-up kit for Sally Ride - the first American to go to space, thinking that she would require make-up during her time over there. The kit consisting of eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow and lip gloss, never made it to space!

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Mwnb TIL in 1970 Billy Joel attempted suicide by drinking nail polish and wrote a suicide note about how he was feeling. He survived, and used the note as the lyrics for his famous song “Tomorrow is Today”, and wrote “You’re Only Human” to help people with depression who are contemplating suicide.
0B0y TIL In 2013, a woman got furious at Target for naming the color of her plus-size dress “Manatee gray” while the regular-size dress was called “dark heather gray”. Target changed the color name and issued an apology.
jNDZj TIL Bruce Willis sabotaged the production of one of his films so badly that it was scrapped after 20 days costing Disney Studios millions. To avoid legal action he made three films for them at a fraction of his normal fee. The films (Armageddon, The Sixth Sense and The Kid) grossed $1.2bn worldwide.
5WyP TIL punk band The Dead Kennedys were invited to perform at the Bay Area Music Awards to play their song “California Über Alles”. Instead they wrote a new song “Pull My Strings” to make a mockery out of the event and mainstream music.
5JWr TIL Pokemon is Japanese for Pocket Monsters and Chinpokomon (the South Park parody) is Japanese for Penis Monsters.