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pKJb TIL Detroit once had a tourist attraction more popular than the Statue of Liberty. The Ford Rotunda was built for the 1934 World’s Fair and was the fifth most visited site in the U.S. before burning to the ground in 1962
pYMwQ TIL that as a joke, astronauts would later comprise the Apollo 15 crew, added pictures of two Playboy Playmates to the technical checklists of the crew of Apollo 12.
BgNEW TIL Die Hard was based on the book, "Nothing Lasts Forever." John McClane's original name was Joseph Leland. Furthermore, the first book in the series was made into a film as well, with the lead played by Frank Sinatra, titled, "The Detective", in 1968.
8emx8 TIL that in 1985, a US Air Force F-15 successfully managed to shoot down a satelite with a missle exclusively developed for it.
ZK7Q TIL that in order to obtain the vast amounts of titanium needed for the construction of the SR-71, the CIA created fake companies throughout the world to purchase the metal from the biggest supplier, the USSR.