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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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LkoOZ TIL of Jennifer Asbenson, a woman who survived an encounter with a serial killer, Andrew Urdiales. He assaulted her, bound her, and put her into the trunk of his car. She broke free and ran away. He chased her with her a machete, but she signalled a passing truck and escaped. Urdiales had 8 victims.
9YGpD TIL Play-Doh started out as a wallpaper cleaner before the head of the struggling company realized the non-toxic material made a good modelling clay for children and rebranded it.
vPlJx TIL that in 1325 the "War of the Bucket" was caused because a wooden bucket was stolen, and later put on display.
Z8J0G TIL that Einstein actually had good grades in school, with the highest scores in his A-levels for algebra, geometry, descriptive geometry, history and physics. His reputation for being bad at school comes from his dislike of school authority, leading to clashes with teachers.
P1MrV TIL there is a subspecies of Canada Goose once thought of as extinct, called the Giant Canada Goose, which grow from 17-24lbs in size, compared to the 7-9lbs of a typical Canada Goose