ospalh's quote from Shady Characters

ospalh quoted Shady Characters by Keith Houston

Keith Houston: Shady Characters (Paperback, 2014, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.)

In Shady Characters, Keith Houston weaves a fascinating trail through the nooks and crannies …

John Glenn became the first American, and only the second human, to reach orbit;

— Shady Characters by Keith Houston (Page 25)

Shady research! Wikipedia: Gherman (…) Titov (…) was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth

ospalh replied to ospalh's status

In the notes we get a link to Encyclopædia Britannica – spelt with »ae« instead of »æ« for some reason¹ – and the »Mercury (United States space program)« article skips over Titov.
Eh, reading between the lines in one article is enuf research. 🤦🏼

1) This is a book about odd characters, after all. While æ doesn’t get its own chapter or half, it totally should hav been used here.