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TIL Apollo 12 was struck by lightning twice during lift off.

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b94wE TIL about musician Gaelynn Lea ,winner of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert competition, who was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic condition that causes complications in the development of bones and limbs.
VXjG TIL the website hampsterdance.com was created in 1998 as a result of a competition between two Canadian sisters to see who could generate the most traffic and is one of the earliest examples of an internet meme.
Jmy1 TIL that saturns rings are only ~33 feet thick
GYdb7 TIL Volvo designed and patented the 3-point seatbelt. Recognizing the life-saving potential, Volvo eschewed licensing fees and opened the patent for use by any automaker without charge.
0xWj TIL that MLK said civil rights’ biggest enemy wasn’t racist folks like the KKK, but the “white moderate,” who is “more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice” and “constantly says: 'I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action.’”