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TIL the Apollo moonshot rocket was fueled by kerosene

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JdJ4 TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson used to troll guests in his car by driving into a lake whilst pretending that the brakes were failing – the car was, secretly, an amphibious vehicle.
ykEM TIL the name “Häagen-Dazs” is completely meaningless. The Jewish creator of the ice cream wanted a “Danish sounding” name to honor the Danish treatment of Jews during WWII and said gibberish names until he found one that he liked.
yQP4w TIL: that Voyager 1 is travelling so fast that it would take just over 5 minutes to travel from London to New York
J1Lg4 TIL that stonefish is the most venomous known fish in the world and stings can cause death if not treated. Some Indigenous Australians have corroborees which involve re-enacting the death of someone who trod on the fish.