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TIL Apollo 12 landed within 600 feet of the Surveyor 3 spacecraft that had arrived 2 years earlier. Parts of the spacecraft were retrieved and taken back home for examination.

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Z5vG TIL India is considered the “pharmacy of the developing world” and delivers affordable medicines to poor people all around the world by exporting 50% of of its $10bn annual generic medicine production.
WkeOo TIL the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon was created to sell the toy line by Playmates. They'd produce toys based on the darker indie comic only if they got a cartoon to promote it. They got different colored masks so kids could tell them apart and toned down drastically so parents wouldn't mind
pbZG TIL Gregory Peck was offered the role of Grandpa Joe in the 2005 remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He passed away while the movie was still in development
D15Vp TIL for every bird killed by a windmill around 1700 are killed by cars.
Egvw TIL the Catholic Church owns a media company that publishes pornography and erotica