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VB6np TIL that an 11 year old accidentally invented popsicle
j6JKR TIL that the prestige in holding the Blue Riband for the highest average speed in crossing the Atlantic, was such that the British government gave the shipping firm Cunard a £2.5 million loan to help take the title back from Germany, which Cunard did.
oBZrY TIL that Buzz Lightyear's original name was Lunar Larry, before being changed to honor astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
kJOag TIL nearly the entire 1977-1978 University of Evansville basketball team died in a plane accident. The one team member not on the plane died in a car accident two weeks later.
kO9Yd TIL: Schwarzenegger Kept His Sword From Conan, and Kept it Around While He Was Governor