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TIL the Archies classic "Sugar, Sugar" was one of the songs that astronaut Alan Bean requested be part of the musical selections on the Apollo 12 mission.

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QNXo6 TIL that the ocean contains 352 quintillion gallons of water
gM6g9 TIL that when simple AI was taught to play Tetris, the best solution it found was to pause the game just before the screen filled up so it would never lose.
JBdm TIL Albert Einstein was approached so often by fans wanting explanations of his theories he would say, “Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein.”
ekPb TIL in the middle of the Savannah International Airport lies a 200 year old grave in the runway, marked because the family was reluctant to move the graves to another location while the airport was urgently built to use for bombers during WW2.
JYNWj TIL that Michigan has a formal and informal way to spell “marijuana”