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TIL the US Government considered nuking the Moon just to intimidate the Soviets

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oBXkR TIL the kid knocking trashcans over in "Friday" was based on an actual kid named Chris who would knock cans over in Ice Cube's neigborhood. However, unlike the kid in the movie, the real Chris never got caught.
OooQY TIL that pine cones have genders.
4mgN TIL a Michigan man named Jeremy Grinnell was caught after having propped up a ladder under a couple’s bedroom window and climbing up to watch them having sex. At the time, Grinnell was a local pastor and assistant professor at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary.
NX86P TIL Bing Crosby was at the heart of introducing recordable master tape, revolutionizing radio, studio recording, & later TV/video production. In 1947, he funded the first commercial tape recorder with $50k, leading to the first radio show recorded on magnetic tape and changing broadcasting forever.
WkGY4 TIL that sponges are living animals and were the first animals to diverge from the evolutionary tree from all animals' common ancestor, making them the sister group of all other animals.