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TIL that during the first moon landing, the average age in the mission control room was 28.

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M7xAb TIL that the British SAS was originally a fake regiment used to deceive Axis intelligence and was made real in 1941 by David Stirling who wanted a rogue regiment. Their first successful mission was stealing euipment (including a piano) from a New Zealand base
8a71P TIL That the term ‘antisocial’ is very commonly misused, and actually means to be violently against society and the rules imposed upon it, whereas the term for just being shut off/introverted is ‘asocial’.
1ab8X TIL Randy and Linda Guijarro were at an antique shop and Randy came across a shoebox of old tintype photographs. One of the photos he selected out of the box is believed to be just the second known photography of Billy The Kid. Randy paid $2 for the photo, but is now appraised at $5 million.
grlmA TIL that from 1860-1920, Ohioans headed the Presidential ticket on nine occasions and won all but two times, with Woodrow Wilson defeating them twice.
5Yngk TIL of an island called "Inaccessible Island" named for the difficulty in landing on the island and penetrating its interior because of the rough terrain, located in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean.