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TIL Jerry Seinfeld performed the exact same standup material the first (in 1982) and last (2015) times he appeared on Late Night with David Letterman.

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X1xX TIL the Kennedy Administration rejected a plan that called for U.S. personnel to disguise themselves as agents of the Cuban government and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.
OOr4 TIL Former NASCAR Driver Tim Flock had a Monkey Co-pilot named “Jocko Flocko”. He is recognized as the only winning Monkey in NASCAR History
loaGB TIL A new color. Eigengrau is a shade of grey that we can all see, but never knew what it was called. The color is visible when you open your eyes in a pitch black room. All you need to do is find the darkest room in your house, walk in, close your eyes for a minute, open them and you’ll see it!
7G4x TIL that during the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left a small satchel on the moon containing Yuri Gagarin’s medals, to commemorate his achievement of being the first man in space.
rRQK0 TIL that every year, there is a race from Adelaide to Darwin, Australia called the World Solar Challenge. All competitors run in aerodynamic, lightweight, fully solar powered vehicles.