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TIL United Airline’s lost nearly $1 Billion dollars in stock because a 6 year old article about their bankruptcy was accidentally shown in the “popular” section of Google News due to low traffic on the internet.

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loJQG TIL that the astronauts of Apollo 11 were refused life insurance, so they signed photos of themselves so that their families could auction them for money in case the landing failed and the crew were killed.
pkyA TIL That the film “Jeepers Creepers” was based on an actual unsolved murder: Easter Sunday 1990 outside of Coldwater, MI, Ray & Marie Thorton were chased & tormented on Snowperry RD, by a strange masked man in a blood-soaked Chevy van, after witnessing him dump a body by an abandoned school.
e04OD TIL that Red Foreman in That 70's Show was supposed to be played by Chuck Norris, but he was unable to make his audition due to scheduling conflicts
D1LOe TIL that there are two separate genes that determine eye colour, and which are dependent on each other. Depending on how these genes combine, it is possible for two blue eyed parents to have a brown eyed child.
Y7GOP TIL that in medieval Europe, the Church’s emphasis on relics led to the practice of furta sacra, or "holy theft," where churches and monasteries would steal each other's relics believed to hold miraculous powers, thus increasing their own prestige and attracting more pilgrims.