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TIL conspiracy theorists tried to sue Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13) because he said he went to the moon

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GYBy5 TIL when Eminem was releasing Slim Shady EP, he claimed that Insane Clown Posse would be at the release party without asking any member of ICP. When Violent J from ICP asked him about that claim, Em told him “Maybe you will be there; I don’t know. [...] You guys comin’ to my release party, or what?”
VMo4Q TIL that as the Roman Emperor Vespasian was dying with severe diarrhea, he remarked "Dear me, I think I'm becoming a god" before succumbing to his illness.
R5Vbj TIL one of the Japanese airmen who attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 is still alive.
VBBGG TIL that natural gas pipelines existed as far back as 500 BC but natural gas was only commercialised in 1785
4XbxJ TIL the first non-Neapolitan to win the World Pizza Cup in Naples had to escorted off the stage by police for fear of being attacked by the crowd.