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TIL Apollo astronauts carried up an RPG to the moon and fired it

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xl67 TIL that in 1310, a Mali ruler called Abu Bakr II tried to cross the Atlantic Ocean with 400 ships. Only 1 ship who refused to follow him made it back
WkKKY TIL that most wine does not improve with age and 90% ought to be consumed within 12 months
e08v6 TIL about a Miner’s egg, a method in which miners would smuggle silver ore out of mines using candle wax, and later “lay” once out of the mine.
d6Q7 TIL Al-Qaeda initially planned to fly hijacked jets into nuclear installations, rather than the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. They had decided against the attack on nuclear power plants “for the moment” because of fears it could “get out of control”.
neb8G TIL: Male praying mantises can still continue mating even after being decapitated by the female