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TIL The crew of Apollo 11 left a satchel on the surface of the moon containing medals to commemorate Yuri Gagarin for being the first man in space

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OoYPR TIL The limo JFK was assassinated in went to on be used by Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter before being retired in 1977
D1mxe TIL In 1976, Bob Marley planned a Non-Political Free Concert 'Smile Jamaica' which led to an Assassination Attempt. Bob would Survive & Perform the 90-Minute Set, still Healing from the Gunshot Wound.
p8wjG TIL if you don’t pay a hotel bill in Ontario, there is a law that says that hotel can sell your horse
obML TIL, there’s a version of “The Tortoise and the Hare” where everyone dies in a forest fire because the tortoise, having won the race and therefore seen as the fastest, is given the job of warning everyone.
x6AZB TIL The hookworm parasite is believe to have contributed to the stereotype that the people in the US South were lazy.