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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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VBXBZ TIL that the name "Idaho" was invented George Willing, who represented the territory to US Congress despite losing the election to be delegate. He falsely told Congress it meant "gem of the mountains" in Shoshone, but later claimed he was inspired by a little girl named Ida.
NXjj8 TIL Current and former presidents are prohibited from driving on public roads, even after leaving office.
JYAGV TIL Shinee's "Lucifer" was written by Bebe Rexha
b9959 TIL in 2009 Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray starred in a rap song called ‘Autograph’
E1YyX TIL in 1945, a man survived the atomic blast in Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air raid shelter, spent the night there, and caught the morning train to arrive at his job – in Nagasaki – where he survived yet another nuclear blast