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TIL: The Apollo Guidance computer was programmed in metric, but showed imperial values in the displays. Using metric meant fewer calculations thus optimizing the use of the limited processing power and the astronauts were used to imperial so that's what they saw on the display.

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QJ7dM TIL — World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes "occupational burnout" as a syndrome resulting from chronic work-related stress, but does not classify it as a medical condition.
jkkN TIL: The Apollo program had a massive effect on the atmosphere of the Moon, with each landing potentially doubling the Moons atmospheric mass.
9YPLm TIL that in the Rosenstrasse protests in 1943 during the middle of WWII, thousands of non-Jewish German women protested the deportation of their Jewish husbands to the concentration camps. The protests were successful, but it was the only mass protest in Nazi Germany against the deportation of Jews.
P18ZV TIL Texas no longer offers a special "last meal" to condemned inmates. Instead, the inmate is offered the same meal served to the rest of the unit.
Z8OQ TIL a church in Monroe, Ohio built a 62-foot tall statue of Jesus. The statue was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.