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TIL that Roger Boisjoly was an engineer working at NASA in 1986 that predicted that the O-rings on the Challenger would fail and tried to abort the mission but nobody listened to him

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5YOjP TIL Edna Mode, the superhero costume designer in The Incredibles, is voiced by Brad Bird, the film's director. Bird voiced Edna during storyboarding sessions, after which the production team couldn't find an actress who could do the voice better than him.
KxVw TIL In 2015, Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments (a credit card processing company), caused an uproar by paying his employees a minimum salary of $70k. He has been called everything from a socialist to a hero to a crusader.
xVajB TIL The original Brewster's Millions (1945) was banned in Memphis, TN because Brewster's African-American servant was "treated too well."
e0VbJ TIL that "125 meters west of the Pizza Hut" can literally count as an address in Costa Rica.
w4JJ TIL of John J. Kelly, the last recipient of 2 medals of honor, because he attacked an enemy machine-gun nest, killed the gunner and another member of the crew, and returned with 8 prisoners. He was only 20 years old