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TIL Superman Actor Christopher Reeve and Comedian Robin Williams Were Once Roommates and 'As close as brothers.'

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Z879R TIL the Soviet Union and the United States were originally in talks to go to the moon together during the Cold War. Nikita Khrushchev was poised to accept the plan but then President Kennedy was assassinated. The Soviets did not trust Vice President Johnson, so Khrushchev rejected the plan.
AD84a TIL That 0.4 percent of Iceland is covered by Alaskan Lupine, an invasive species brought in 1945 as ground-cover in a bid to ‘revegetate’ the country
vPEPB TIL the longest medically verified amount of time that someone has spent sleeping, was 11 days by a 7 year old boy called Wyatt Shaw
Oj7X TIL Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s first WWF persona was Rocky Maivia, a face (good guy). The audience rejected him due to his cheesy character, with chants of “Die, Rocky, die!”. After this, he became a heel (villain), referring to himself in the third person as “The Rock” and insulting the audience.
0dGxp [TIL] The Olympic Torch Relay, a symbol of international peace and cooperation was invented by the Nazis and first used in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.