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TIL that when the US and France were both trying to build a cross-ocean canal, America originally wanted to build a canal in Nicaragua, not Panama. They only began in Panama after the French failed to complete the project.

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oRD1E TIL in 2017 a woman sold a lunar collection bag (used during the Apollo 11 mission) with moon dust embedded within it for $1.5m. She had bought it for $995 after it was accidentally put up for auction. When she sent it in for testing, NASA had refused to give it back. However, a judge sided with her
5PRP TIL “It’s A Wonderful Life” was classified as Communist Propaganda by the F.B.I. because it “deliberately maligned the upper class, attempting to show the people who had money were mean and despicable characters.”
nxVb TIL: “Honeymoon” is named after the mead (honey wine) supplied by the bride’s father to his new son-in-law.
DQvar TIL cloud seeding is weather modification that changes the amount or type of precipitation
j6BDj TIL Romans wiped their butts with a sea sponge on a stick that they kept in a bucket of salt water or vinegar.