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TIL When Frank Sinatra died, Las Vegas casinos stopped spinning for 1 minute. (#8)

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OZl6 TIL that the largest flyover in history occurred 69 years ago today. 3,000 carrier aircraft and 400 bombers flew over Tokyo Bay during the signing of the peace treaty that ended World War 2 as a show of force
oJK8 TIL that upon their return to Earth, the Apollo 11 crew were quarantined in a special facility for 21 days just in case they were bringing back any moon germs.
RjAl TIL that Simon wrote “The Sound of Silence” in his bathroom, where he turned off the lights to better concentrate. Then he’d play, in the dark, ‘Hello darkness, my old friend / I’ve come to talk with you again’.
gMeE4 TIL: Helium is the only element that was not first discovered on Earth. Instead, it was discovered in 1868 in the form of previously unknown spectral lines in the light of the sun.
7rmWL TIL that Leo Tolstoy, Jules Verne, and J.R.R. Tolkien all spoke Esperanto, a 'universal' language created in the late 19th century.