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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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v1k57 TIL that a researcher was able to make a Computer Chip "evolve" in a 1996 experiment.
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nk7b TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to dub over his own voice in the German version of Terminator, because his Austrian accent “wasn’t tough enough”
XEALR TIL - That the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series of books came about after the creator ran out of bedtime stories to tell his daughters, so he asked them what they thought the protagonist should do next. He would then continue the story based on their choices.
MeAYW TIL that using the red cross as a symbol of health in a video game or any other commercial product technically constitutes a violation of the Geneva conventions.