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TIL that the intro to Gonna Fly Now (the Rocky theme) was taken from a 17th century piece of Italian music

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9YaeM TIL In response to the film "Apollo 18", NASA engineer John Schuessler clarified that moon landings ended with Apollo 17 because NASA simply did not have the time or funds to fit in more moon landings after 1972. He also sees no evidence of extraterrestrial life on the Moon
R7Bb4 TIL: there is a radioactive mass created by the Chernobyl disaster that is so dense it could only be pierced by an AKM rifle, destroyed any camera that tried to take a picture of it (photographs had to be made with a mirror), and ate through 2m of materials to arrive at its current location.
woLD6 TIL that the largest nuclear-powered submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy, the Ohio-class submarine, on a single load of supplies can go around the world twice while submerged, whitout having to surface at all.
PYv1G TIL Jack Sheppard was an 18th Century London burglar who became a celebrity for escaping custody four times. His life inspired several plays, leading to Brecht and Weill's "Threepenny Opera" in 1928
XRJ6 TIL “Kleptocracy” is a government with corrupt rulers (kleptocrats) that use their power to exploit the people and natural resources of their own territory in order to extend their personal wealth and political power.