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TIL that the Catholic Church didn’t officially recognize the ideas of Galileo until 1992, more than 20 years after Apollo 11

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l6aG TIL The logo for the Royal New Zealand Airforce is a flightless bird
BgNkW TIL that turnips are exactly the same plant species as bok choy, choy sum and Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa). But that Chinese cabbage is a different species to other cabbages.
e0r9L TIL there is a store in Alabama where you can buy items found in unclaimed airport baggage
x6bMD TIL that there is a Lombardy Crown called the 'Iron Crown' with what is supposed to be a nail of the True Cross as a central circlet.
aw7oy TIL Tiger Woods PGA Tour '99 was recalled because the entire South Park pilot was used as dummy data on the disc and players discovered they could watch the episode by simply putting the game disc into a PC.