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TIL of the ill-fated Zambian space programme in the 60's. It was led by Sergeant Edward Nkoloso. Afronauts would be rolled down a hill in a oil drum to simulate space. The goal was to have Zambia land on the Moon and Mars, convert Martians to Christianity and have Zambia become a interstellar power

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bM9j TIL Sid Vicious was such a poor bassist that when performing with the Sex Pistols his band mates would often unplug his amplifier mid-performance.
kO8YB TIL of Gail Halvorsen who dropped candy to children of Berlin via parachutes during the Berlin Airlift. He was nicknamed "Uncle Wiggly Wings" & "The chocolate uncle" by those children who wrote him letters.
o1wR TIL that if you wear “inverted-glasses”, after a few day, the brain will flip the image for you and it will go back to normal!
OoG96 TIL Count von Count of "Sesame Street" laughed maniacally and used hypnotic stunning powers in the early 1970s, but they softened his act to not scare kids. He still annoys other puppets by interrupting their business to feed his counting addiction. He usually comes on TV at 2:30 PM ("Tooth Hurty").
4X6pb TIL that in 1986, the American Physical Society held a conference in Las Vegas. Most of the 4000 physicists didn't play at the casinos, resulting in the city's worst week ever, and the organization being asked by the city to never return.