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TIL The first footprints on the moon will remain there for a million years.

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gMXlX TIL that ‘nickname’ isn’t actually the proper word and it’s actually ‘ekename’. But when saying it to be grammatically correct you say ’an ekename’, then through speech it gradually morphed into ‘a nekename’ (nickname)
LkjKr TIL about the Lippisch P.13a, an experimental coal-powered jet fighter designed for Nazi Germany as a result of fuel shortages toward the end of WWII
vPYjK Til before Popeye gained superhuman strength by eating spinach, he became strong by rubbing a type of chicken called a whiffle hen.
NX0vQ TIL that an episode of "Mannix" was held in the "Brady Bunch" house and John Ritter was the bad guy.
w9pP TIL Cars have become so quiet, automakers have resorted to playing fake engine noises from the speakers