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TIL Duncan Jones’ “Moon” is the first film in a planned trilogy

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PrwZ TIL that in 2009, Chicago Police Department went retraining because of one teenage boy impersonated a cop and worked full shift
Mneb TIL the term “Riding shotgun” was used to describe the guard who rode alongside a stagecoach driver, ready to use his shotgun to ward off bandits or Native Americans.
KYm7B TIL that Angélique du Coudray, an 18th-century French midwife, created a life-sized childbirth manikin to train rural women. Commissioned by Louis XV, her model was approved by the Academy of Surgery. In her thirty years of teaching she taught over 30,000 students.
ner7Y TIL of "Futility", a novella about the Titan - the largest ship of its time. It's dubbed an "unsinkable" ship, and doesn't have enough lifeboats. It hits an iceberg in mid-April in the Atlantic and sinks, killing most of its passengers. The book was written 14 years before Titanic's maiden voyage.
9jpr TIL of the Japan Air 123 accident, the deadliest single aircraft crash of all time. Crew could not control the plane so they used thrust to go up and down and differential trust to turn. It crashed after 32min. No simulation reconstruction held out as long as the crew did.