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TIL Rupert Murdoch once owned independent hip-hop label Rawkus Records

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VM1O0 TIL powdered juice drinks like Tang were an absolute flop until astronauts took them into space for eating experiments in 1962. Astronauts preferred Tang over other all of the other drinks they brought to space because it was easy to make. It had nothing to do with flavor.
8a74V TIL that Sen Daniel Inouye lost his arm in WWII while holding a grenade. He pried the still-live grenade out of his severed hand, used it to kill a German solider, then kept shooting with his one remaining arm.
woY76 TIL that the practice of growing flowers or crops on land that the gardeners do not have the legal right to use is called "Guerrilla Gardening". Motivations include protest, food production, and urban beautification.
OovE4 TIL that the word 'school' came from the ancient Greek for 'free time' and 'rest'
NQAQ TIL America exports disposable chopsticks to China.