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TIL that there is a Newspaper Prop that has been used in different movies for over 50 years

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XmOr TIL there is over 400000 pounds of man-made trash and debris on the moon, including 96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit
epnrn TIL about the Antikythera Mechanism which is widely considered to be the first analogue computer created by the ancient Greeks. The mechanism had about 30 precision gears which makes it the earliest discover of gears in Europe, and could track celestial body movements, eclipses, and sporting events.
GZO7 TIL Kars 4 Kids, invests less than half of their donations to Kids, and instead loses millions on failed real estate holdings and religious conversion day camps. They’re being investigated by the attorney general’s office in two states.
6EZbZ TIL that most cars and carriages in the US, before the success of the Model T, had the driver sitting on the right. The Model T was so popular, that other automakers followed suit.
pnB4 TIL Halliburton once tried to patent patenting