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TIL that NASA planned to send astronauts to Mars in 1981 using Nerva nuclear rockets but congress cut NASA’s funding and Nixon cancelled the Nerva project entirely in 1973, causing Nasa to focus on the development of the Space Shuttle instead

by whatilearned June 25, 2022, 10:14 pm

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TIL Alexander Butterfield, asst to President Nixon who revealed the secret White House taping system, was an on-again-off-again boyfriend to Dr. Seuss’ wife Audrey Geisel

by whatilearned June 15, 2022, 8:44 pm

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TIL The White House built a vinyl record collection during the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter of more than 2,000 donated albums. A time capsule of 1970s trends, it ranges from Pat Boone, Barry Manilow and John Denver to the Beatles, Isaac Hayes, The Clash and Elvis Costello.

by whatilearned May 5, 2022, 12:53 am

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TIL that the gavel used by the US Senate was smashed to bits by Richard Nixon during a heated argument on US nuclear energy

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 1:12 pm

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TIL in 1944, countries agreed with the US to settle their international accounts in dollars to have gold converted at a fixed rate of $35 per ounce. In 1971, President Nixon announced the US would no longer do it, thus completely abandoning the gold standard. This was known as the ‘Nixon Shock’.

by whatilearned April 10, 2022, 8:29 pm

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TIL that Nixon extended the Vietnam War for political gain

by whatilearned March 30, 2022, 6:02 pm

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TIL Nixon, throughout his political career, was regularly annoyed, harassed and “ratf*cked” by a Democratic operative and “political prankster” named DICK TUCK

by whatilearned March 19, 2022, 2:38 am

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TIL North Korea was almost bombed in a nuclear close call in 1969, because President Nixon became drunk and gave the order to attack the DPKR. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger belayed the order and the jet never took off.

by whatilearned February 28, 2022, 10:56 am

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TIL As a presidential candidate, Nixon sabotaged then US President Johnson’s peace talks with Vietnam by negotiating a “better deal” later should he become president.

by whatilearned February 22, 2022, 6:14 am

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TIL about Louis Abolafia, man who ran against Richard Nixon in 1968 elections as the naked hippie “love candidate” under the Cosmic Love party with the slogan “What have I got to hide?” for his performance art. He also was president candidate under the Nudist Party, and was friends with Bob Dylan.

by whatilearned February 13, 2022, 12:03 pm

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TIL Presidential speech writer William Safire had prepared an “In Event of Moon Disaster” announcement for Nixon to read in the event the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the Moon

by whatilearned December 2, 2021, 1:32 am

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Why didn’t Richard Nixon prepare his own food?

by cringeyjokesman November 17, 2021, 4:52 pm

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