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TIL that the first photo of Earth taken from the moon in 1966 wasn't planned. While scouting landing sites, controllers noticed perfect view of Earth rising over the horizon and adjusted the camera on Lunar Orbiter 1 to capture the moment. This predates the more famous 1968 'Earthrise' (Apollo 8).

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BrdBb TIL that August Busch IV, the former president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, killed his passenger in an accident when he was 19. Although there were empty beer cans scattered around and he fled the scene, no charges were filed. The urine sample was lost and the blood sample was 'mishandled'.
e0v7J TIL The famous PBR river boats that the US used in the Vietnam war had pump-jet engines made by Jacuzzi
loPvG TIL The Paris Peace talks involving North and South Korea back in 1968 were stalled because neither country could agree on the shape of the negotiating table.
Vo60 TIL that today is the 100 year anniversary the first woman to parachute from an airplane. She was also the first person to free-fall (jump without a static line), and is credited for the term ‘rip cord’ when she got tangled during a static line jump and had to cut herself free during a jump.
0dbwy TIL about Nicholas Longworth, who when another member of Congress touched his bald head and said, "Nice and smooth. Feels just like my wife's bottom." Longworth felt his own head and said: "Yes, so it does."