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TIL the photgrapher of the famous "Earthrise" pictures is William Anders, but that the story behind the photos is more complex

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epeeJ TIL that Sweden has 267,570 islands, the most of any country in the world
4kbla TIL in 1878 Vera Zasulich shot and seriously wounded Fyodor Trepov, the notoriously cruel governor of St Petersburg, after he ordered the flogging of a political prisoner who refused to remove his hat in his presence. A sympathetic judge and jury, and a skilled lawyer led to her getting acquitted
d8LQE TIL that a duck’s wake always creates an angle of 38.9 degrees no matter how fast the duck is going
ZpY0v TIL "Pizza Hut Classic" restaurants exist. They utilize legacy logos, red roofs and booths, classic lamps, and feature Pizza Hut Pete on the door. They are officially endorsed by co-founder Dan Carney.
ey74 TIL a teenage Mozart, while visiting Rome, heard “Miserere Mei, Deus” and copied it on paper by ear. The Vatican threatened excommunication for distributing the work, but when the pope heard of the prodigy transcribing it by ear, he showered the 14 year old with praise.