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P1JWE TIL that Greg Buckingham, older brother of Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, won a silver medal in the 1968 Olympics
JPpl TIL that the German word for foolhardy is “tollkühn” and that is where Tolkien derived his surname from.
Ma18 TIL when F. Scott Fitzgerald died, he thought he was a failure, and his work forever forgotten. His novel, The Great Gatsby, was reviewed poorly and had only sold 20,000 copies. It’s now considered the greatest novel in American history, and sells over 500,000 copies per year.
R5N81 TIL there are no rainbows on any other known planets, because Earth is the only planet to have liquid water on its surface or in sufficient quantities in the atmosphere to make rain.
aweLZ TIL gold replica of an olive branch, the traditional symbol of peace, which was left on the Moon's surface by Apollo 11 crewmembers. The gesture represented a fresh wish for peace for all mankind.