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TIL The French government blew up the flagship of the environmental activist group Greenpeace, killing a photographer in the process.

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xPwo TIL that Neil Armstrong only believed he had a 50/50 chance of making it back to Earth
QJV7p TIL that Vanderbilt University, founded in 1873, is named in honor of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million endowment and hoped that his gift and the work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted on the American nation by the Civil War.
9Je6 TIL: An elderly lady who ordered pizza every day for 3 years missed her order 3 days in a row and was saved by a delivery woman
neYdd TIL in 2006 50 Cent was sued by Luther Campbell's manager for plagiarizing the lines "It's your birthday" in the song "In da Club". However, the lawsuit was dismissed because the phrase was ruled a "common, unoriginal and noncopyrightable element of the song".
Lk51Z TIL there is a gas bank in Minnesota that allows you to pre-purchase gas at current prices. You can then withdraw gas any time in the future for your purchased price, regardless of the current price