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TIL the Mission Command Center, used by NASA for such missions as the Apollo 11 moon landing, was built by Philco-Ford, a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company.

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dLAQ TIL Nestle promised none of their products would be made using child slavery by 2005. When the deadline was reached and it was found they did not keep their promise, they started suing companies releasing reports about it.
gM74X TIL Motorboat Racing Has an International Governing Body
O9Ea TIL that a large brawl in the US House of Reps shortly before the Civil War ended only when a stray punch knocked the wig off of Rep. William Barksdale. The embarrassed congressman accidentally replaced it backwards, causing both sides to erupt in spontaneous laughter.
MoPA TIL in 1988, Cosmopolitan released an article saying that women should not worry about contracting HIV from infected men and that “most heterosexuals are not at risk”, claiming it was impossible to transmit HIV in the missionary position.
glgL TIL that the fake phone number from “Bruce Almighty”, was actually called by many people who asked “are you God?”. One man with the number was a priest, who would reply “No, but I can take a message”.