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TIL that the space shuttle Challenger disaster contributed to the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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ldNK TIL President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalyn Carter (née Smith), have been married for 70 years.
loJPG TIL that the lead singer of the punk rock band The Offspring, Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland, is also a molecular biologist and he is a licensed pilot. He also has his own brand of hot sauce named Gringo Bandito.
b6WdE TIL that the "Segway" vehicles are named after the word "segue"
oNME TIL in the fiscal year 2010-11 there were three incidents in which UK police discharged a conventional firearm
AD5Rx TIL that in 2014, golfer Gus Andreone hit the eighth hole-in-one of his career at the age of 103