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TIL that the Apollo 10 lunar module is 100% intact and orbiting the sun.

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jNP8E TIL That Paul Rueben's (Pee Wee Herman) father was one of the five founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force.
Eg5Qo TIL about Genericide - where a trademark is lost because the trademarked term becomes the generic name for the item so it can't be copyrighted; this happened to "escalator" where it lost its copyright when it became the common term for any kind of moving stairs.
1aoMX TIL the Barenaked Ladies song “One Week” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard charts — where it remained for exactly one week.
kJnJE TIL, Robert Todd Lincoln (son of Abraham Lincoln) once provided legal assistance to George Washington Custis Lee (son of Robert E. Lee) in a legal case against the US Federal Government regarding Lee’s family mansion
DQvvY TIL Thomas Cullen Davis, an oil tycoon, shot his wife and her 12 year-old daughter execution-style. His wife survived and testified against him, but Davis was found not guilty of murder. He also tried to kill the judge overseeing his case, for which he was also found not guilty of attempted murder.