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nWmor TIL: In 1994, a 75-pound bag of cocaine fell out of a plane and landed in the middle of a Florida crime watch meeting.
PYQ1G TIL Some of John Napier's (the inventor of logarithms) neighbors accused him of being a sorcerer and in league with the devil.
MeODW TIL - After Apollo 11 landed they were immediately moved into a mobile quarantine facility for 88 hours to prevent the spread of “moon germs.” This process continued for Apollo 12 & 14 before the moon was proven to be barren of life.
GYY41 TIL that Italian artist Gaetano Pesce faked his own death to force the mayor of Florence to open his exhibition to the public
4XZ1R TIL that by 1983, the “Quartz Crisis” had decimated the Swiss watchmaking economy, which had 1,600 watchmakers in 1970 and eventually fell to 600.