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TIL: “Kemosabe” means Idiot in Apache

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pk8 TIL that Apollo 11 carried pieces of the Wright Brothers’ plane to the moon in 1969 - just 66 years after the world’s first powered flight.
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VMREG TIL that clowns copyright their makeup by painting their faces on eggs. There is a clown egg registry in London.