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TIL Mission Control acknowledged a thousand year old Chinese myth when it asked the Apollo 11 crew to keep an eye out for a beautiful Chinese girl named Chang-O who lived on the moon and a large rabbit standing in the shade of a cinnamon tree

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m1nNv TIL that after Crassus was killed by the Parthians at Carrhae, his severed head was delivered to the Parthian king Orodes who was watching a play with the Armenian king Artavasdes. The head was then used as a prop in the play representing the severed head of a character in the play.
Oo7o6 TIL the SS Richard Montgomery was an American Ship during WW2 that was carrying 7000 tons of munitions to Europe which sank and today holds thousands of tons of explosives and ammo near London.
9QQB TIL Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, landed next to an unsuspecting farmer, and told him “I am a friend, comrades, a friend!”
kJV6E TIL that sea otters hold hands while sleeping to prevent drifting apart. This behavior is called "rafting" and helps keep them safe in the ocean currents.
8adw4 TIL Despite being one of the wealthiest, healthiest & an extremely Developed Nation, Singapore has won only 5 medals in its entire Olympic history of over 7 decades. The island state has a population of over 5 million.