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TIL in 1999 NASA spacecraft burned up in Mars' atmosphere because all the units were in the metric system except for one contractors' (Lockheed Martin) numbers, which were in US Industrial units.

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XEZJD TIL Chinese pianist Lang Lang learned to love classical music from a “Tom and Jerry” cartoon. He was just two-and-a-half years old, and was absorbed by the piece, Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody Number II, that both Tom and Jerry played on the piano
Zplop TIL in the video game "1943: The Battle of Midway" the player controls an American plane against the Imperial Japanese Navy with the Battleship Yamato as final boss. Japanese designer Yoshiki Okamoto claimed he was too young when he produced the game to understand the historical irony.
4Gja Today I learned Steve Jobs used his money to take an organ from a more deserving person.
4XKrX TIL that in the 1950s, rocket designer Wernher von Braun and NASA collaborated multiple times with Walt Disney to create several space-themed television shows and help influence public perception of space exploration
XW8E TIL that Patsy Cline was offered a car ride back to Nashville with singer Dottie West. Cline refused, telling West, “Don’t worry about me, Hoss. When it’s my time to go, it’s my time.” Patsy Cline died in a plane crash later that same day.