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TIL that only 12 people have walked on the moon, and all within a 3 year span. No one has been to the moon since 1972, over 40 years ago.

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Wke1N TIL the origin of the name "California" probably came from a reference to a fictional island described in a popular novel of the time of its discovery: Las Sergas de Esplandián.
yVZDa TIL a repairman caused $700,000,000 in damage to the USS Miami submarine by intentionally starting a fire to get out of work early.
1aNe7 TIL that Medieval London had harsh anti-littering laws that required residents to clean the streets outside their home. Fines were so severe that angry mobs would beat people to death for littering in their neighborhoods.
6mJQ TIL that the wood louse (roly poly, pillbug, potato bug) is not an insect, but a crustacean. We don’t eat them like lobster or crab because they taste like urine.
d86xQ TIL that Polish coffin company, Lindner, has had a "sexy" coffin calendar since 2010 [NSFW]