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TIL Johnny Carson Predicted the toilet paper shortage back in 1973

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KOKE TIL conspiracy theorists tried to sue Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13) because he said he went to the moon
XxAj TIL Thermal insulation on the Saturn V’s fuel tanks was so well made that an ice cube would take 8 years to melt inside one.
Z8m0o TIL about the Pirate Jean Lafitte, who after seen the first American governor of Louisiana William C. Claiborne advertising a $500 dollars reward for his capture, Lafitte offered $5,000 for the head of the governor.
E1QVP TIL that the Czech Republic celebrates Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (17 Nov.) to honor two student protests against Nazis (1939) and Soviets (1989)
YpVdA TIL: In 2004, George Harrison and Prince were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, and other famous guitarists were playing “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Prince took the last solo and threw his guitar in the air at the end. They don't know where the guitar went.