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TIL that in 1969, NASA possessed the technology to land on the moon but not the technology to fake the moon landings.

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j4dj TIL Ulysses S. Grant was pulled over for riding his horse and buggy too quickly. Realizing it was the president the officer apologized and offered to ignore the infraction, but Grant replied “I was speeding, you caught me and I’ll pay the ticket.” He was fined $5, which would have been $91 today.
yQVYJ TIL that due to lack of fertilizer, North Korean shops once sold (or still selling) human feces
e0VnD TIL that the elephant shrew was named simply for it's long nose, but recent genetic evidence has found that it's more closely related to the elephant than it is to the shrew
YpAlB TIL Japan has Pokemon manhole covers, including Magicarp in an area famous for carp varieties and Gyrados next to the largest lake in the country. All of them are Pokestops.
a8Bj9 TIL the typical UFO/UAP being reported by the US military according to the Pentagon UFO Office is a White, Silver or Translucent Orb around 1-4 meters in size typically traveling between stationary or Mach 2 speeds with no thermal exhaust detected at 10k - 30k in altitude since 1996.