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TIL NASA accidentally recorded over the original moon landing tapes and lost a critical piece of human history forever

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gMnD TIL Vladimir Putin pocketed one of Robert Kraft’s three Super Bowl rings when they met in 2005. It’s still not clear if it really was intended as a gift or not.
gv5b TIL slow music playing in a restaurant makes perception of time slow by about 13%, and also makes customers buy up to 40% more drinks than normal
ZpYLB TIL that in the 2011 census for the Czech Republic over 15 thousand people listed their religion as 'Jedi'
KOk7w TIL that caffeine doesn't give you energy. It boosts neurotransmitters such as dopamine that is known to affect concentration, while blocking adenosine receptors in the basal forebrain, are what typically signal the brain when it’s time to go to bed.
GAvdj TIL Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia first met his son Prince Ninglingge's fiancée in 1048 & was besotted by her beauty. He then spurned his son & married her as his empress. Outraged, his son tried to kill him & while he only cut off his nose at first,his dad succumbed to his wounds a few days later