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TIL A top NASA astronaut was accused of hacking her estranged spouse's bank account from space

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4Xjnw TIL that when things didn't go well for film directors (for a variety of reasons) they could choose to "disown" the project and simply dump the credit onto a fictional director named "Alan Smithee". "Alan Smithee" currently has over two dozen projects attached to his name on IMDb.
rVVx TIL at 78, Sam Whittemore was the oldest colonial soldier in the American Rev War. He ambushed a British unit killing 1 by musket &2 by pistol. He was shot in the face, bayoneted &left for dead in a pool of blood. Colonials found him alive,trying to reload. Despite a grim Dr diagnosis he lived to 96
b6v6N TIL Japan's Prime Minister in 1989, Sosuke Uno, was forced to resign after a geisha revealed his infidelity to the public.
JYLoB TIL: The Star Spangled Banner has four stanzas not just the one everyone sings
4Xymb TIL That law enforcement officers in many states have their own additional bill of rights