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TIL This Man Died, Came Back to Life and Won the Lotto Twice- the Second Time When Reenacting the First Win for the Media

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b9EpE TIL The origin of the word money comes from the Temple of Juno Moneta where coins were minted for 4 centuries. Moneta was regarded as the protectress of the city's funds.
wLll6 TIL the phrase "Houston, we have a problem." is actually a misquote. After the explosion on Apollo 13, Jack Swigert instead reported to ground control, "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem here."
N7wr8 TIL Toto -- the band who made "Africa" and "Rosanna", was the band that played the music for Michael Jackson's THRILLER (!)
oBwmo TIL that the minimum amount of wealth needed to be in the top 1% is around $10 million. That means a billionaire can lose 99% of their wealth and still be better off than 99% of the world.
oRNQr TIL that in 1851, Scotsman Sir David Brewster invented a 3D photographic device called the Lenticular Stereoscope, which was used to take thousands of 3D photos of people in countries such as Japan.