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0wjBA TIL Astronaut John Young was the only astronaut until now to command four different types of spacecraft: Gemini capsule, Apollo Module, Lunar Landing Module and Space Shuttle
Adxd TIL there is a fake village devoid of human life on the southern border of North Korea. It is known as a “Propaganda Village” and was used as a decoy to lure South Korean defectors
yPkV TIL that Ron Howard has given each of his children the middle name of where they were conceived: Bryce (Dallas), Jocelyn and Paige (Carlyle; Carlyle Hotel, NYC), and Reed (Cross; famous London street. Reed was named after the street because according to Howard, “Volvo isn’t a very good middle name.”
1674V TIL: England Holds World's First National State Lottery on January 11, 1569 at St. Paul's Cathedral in London
5wAn TIL this man owed $134 in property taxes. The District of Columbia sold the lien to an investor who foreclosed on his $197,000 house and sold it.