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TIL that a hatch that wouldn’t close properly probably saved the crew of the Apollo 13 mission

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7xl7 TIL that cognitive decline is slower for people exercising regularly, and increased physical activity levels can slow down brain aging by 10 years
8aB88 TIL that in 2013 a woman sued her former employer after being fired for "gossping" in a gossip free workplace. Ironically, she had been complaining about her employers hiring/firing habits. She won
JYXEl TIL Nelson Mandela's Handprint Naturally Makes a Shape of Africa.
oBP6L TIL that during filming of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder liked to keep the kids on their toes. None of the kids had seen the chocolate room prior to filming the scene or his rant in the famous boat scene. Most looks of shock were genuine and they thought Gene had lost it.
v1PZL TIL that in a 1986 poll during the AIDS crisis by the LA Times, 50 percent of adults surveyed supported a quarantine of AIDS patients, 48 percent would approve of identity cards for those who test positive for antibodies causes AIDS and 15 percent favored tattooing AIDS victims.