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TIL Neil Armstrong and Aldrin were almost stranded on the moon because they broke a vital circuit breaker, snapping power to the engine. They finally managed to push and hold it back in with a felt-tip pen long enough for it to work.

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kP84 TIL ~27% of the land area in the United States is protected.
b67Jj TIL Princess Diana didn't initially die at the scene of her car accident, but 5 hours later due to a tear in her heart's pulmonary vein. She would've had 80% chance of survival if she had been wearing her seat belt.
D1EkP TIL that if calcium crystals form in your inner ear canal, resulting in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (dizziness when you move), you can easily cure it by moving your head about like you're one of those maze ball toys.
L190 TIL. Cameron Diaz advocates urinating outdoors or during a shower because it conserves electricity and water.
VBk04 TIL about Project Plowshare which was a U.S. government program from 1957 to 1977 which sought to develop peaceful uses for nuclear explosives which included rock-blasting, creating new elements, studying nuclear physics, and gathering geological and Earth science data.