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TIL that it once snowed in London on June 2nd, 1975

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Z8GZG TIL I learned that, adjusted for inflation, the entire US Apollo Lunar program only cost $288 billion over its lifetime
p8Zjp TIL thioacetone, one of the worst smelling compounds known to man, can make people vomit and pass out within a mile range due to its extremely unpleasant odor
69VKZ TIL that a cross between a zebra and a donkey is known as a zenkey, zonkey, a zebrass, or a zedonk. There are also zorses, zonies and even "Zetlands".
6901W TIL the original Apollo 11 guidance computer (AGC) source code for Command Module (Comanche055) and Lunar Module (Luminary099) is available on Github.
GYwk7 TIL pop R&B duo Milli Vanilli topped the charts w/ three #1 hit singles on their debut album & won 1990 Best New Artist Grammy. But the Grammy was revoked & their fame collapsed when it was revealed, not only did they lip sync at concerts, but it wasn’t their voices on the album in the first place