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TIL, Mr. Rodgers’ car was once stolen and when the thief realized whose car it was he returned it and left an apology message!

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APGa TIL President Kennedy initially suggested a Mars mission because he was unconvinced that a moon landing was bold enough to prove American superiority over the Soviets
kO8Xg TIL that besides Chernobyl and Fukushima, there was a Soviet nuclear disaster that happened on 1957. The Kyshtym Disaster. Death toll is estimated to be at 50 to more than 8,000. The CIA knew about it but covered it up to prevent panic affecting their own nuclear plants.
mYnY TIL that in 1974, an artist allowed her audience to use 72 objects (ranging from a feather to a loaded gun) on her however they wanted and she wouldn’t react for 6 hours. The audience became aggressive, and when the six hours were up, everyone ran away to avoid confrontation.
VBMBQ TIL that actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was the key person behind a WW2 water-borne deception force that created enough German uncertainty that they held back an entire German Reserve Division in Sicily at the time of the Allied landings there. Called the Beach Jumpers, also known as the "BJ factor".
8a1Qa TIL that the official authority for lighthouses in England is formally named "The Master Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent".