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TIL when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, they had about 15 seconds of fuel left.

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D1Mv TIL the dolphin who played Flipper committed suicide and there are other cases of captive dolphins doing the same.
jNMJp TIL over 70% of the restaurants on Kitchen Nightmares closed after the show.
JrrV TIL A televangelist called Oral Roberts once told his viewers that if he didn’t receive 8 million dollars in 3 months God would kill him, and that he received over 9 million dollars in that period of time
4kExJ TIL that the Battle of Paoli, a British victory against America is often falsely deemed a massacre where British troops took no prisoners. Actually they took many American prisoners, but the British use of bayonet made the battle very bloody.
Egdlx TIL that HONEY NEVER SPOILS, and archaeologists have found edible honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that is over 3,000 years old.