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TIL that in 2006 NASA admitted that they no longer had the original video tapes of the moon landing because they recorded over them.

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wLmx1 TIL In the film Osmosis Jones, Bill Murray's character mentions a "National Chicken Wing Festival" in Buffalo, New York. While the festival did not exist during the filming of the movie, this mention caused organizers to create an annual festival in Buffalo which has been active now for 16 years.
9k0B TIL your brain makes imaginary monsters when you stare in a mirror.
9xMr TIL that spiders can fly by shooting long strands of web into the air and riding the string like a sail. Some have been spotted at altitudes of 4 kilometers.
loO5 TIL that a man was tried and convicted of raping and murdering a 16-year-old girl in Texas. When DNA analysis was discovered the court of appeals denied him a retrial even though he was not a match.
kODvB TIL the Woodingdean Well was dug by hand between 1858 and 1862 and reached a depth of 1285 feet - deeper than the top floor on the Empire State Building is high. Its bottom was 850 ft below sea level.