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TIL in 1963, JFK suggested cancelling Apollo in favor of a joint US-Soviet mission to the moon.

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9YmvG TIL about 14 cargo ships that were stranded in the Suez Canal for 8 years, whose crews all decided to form a micronation
RWPw TIL that goldfish have teeth in the back of their throat
yjEJ TIL that the Grand Mosque of Paris provided refuge and muslim IDs for Jews trying to escape the clutches of the axis powers and the holocaust during WW II.
GAXE7 TIL that the 1997 movie Batman & Robin was about a (now canceled) sequel called Batman Unchained and was originally planned to have Courtney Love or Madonna to play Harley Quinn in her live-action debut.
DQYvj TIL Chaka Khan, who just turned 70, sang background on Steve Windwood's 1986 hit "Higher Love"