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TIL Bob Barker plans to give all his money to animal causes after his death

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BgZAD TIL Upon returning to Earth, Apollo 11 astronauts went on a 38-day around the world goodwill tour, visiting 29 cities in 24 countries, at the request of President Nixon. They wanted to emphasize that the Moon landing was done for humanity, not just for Americans
VMbPk TIL Wes Anderson wasn't present during the whole shoot of Fantastic Mr. Fox - instead he had a live camera feed from up to 30 different animation units.
78GQb TIL that the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the continental US occurred in New Madrid, MO, in 1812. It was so violent that the shaking was felt in New York, made church bells ring in South Carolina, and made part of the Mississippi River run backwards.
xVX07 TIL you don’t forget things you did when you were drunk, your brain just never recorded the memories as the events happened.
kJARg TIL that before the raid of Osama Bin Laden in 2011, two 1:1 scaled versions of his Pakistani compound were built in the US, for SEALs to practice their raid on. The elevation of these test compounds was also built to be at the same level, to test the affect it would have on the raid helicopters.