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TIL that the modern day hoody was invented by "Champion" in the 1930's

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97E6 TIL that Legos minifigures were originally yellow to avoid assigning a specific ethnicity to allow fans to assign their own roles to the minifigures.
j6rgM TIL A speech, "IN EVENT OF MOON DISASTER" prepared for President Richard Nixon in the event of he moon landing being a failure, it detailed the White House’s response should the mission have ended in failure. (part 5 of the article)
6E9om TIL: In Oceans 11, Rusty (Brad Pitt) was eating in every scene he was in. This was Brad Pitts Idea.
gbx7 TIL that sending an all female crew to Mars would be significantly cheaper than sending men.
j66Za TIL the word "salad" comes from Latin "herba salata" ("salted herb") because vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times.