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TIL that there is a mathematical formula that when graphed, produces an image of the formula itself

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4L1b TIL that NASA was concerned that the crew of Apollo 10 would attempt to land on the moon, so they intentionally defueled their LEM so they would be stranded permanently if they did land
GAoy5 TIL, when walking into a bar in England, Jimi Hendrix and his band were told they weren't welcome by a bartender who said "Sorry, mates, we can't serve your sort in here,". Hendrix thought it was because he was black, but it was because they were mistaken for circus clowns.
lY4A TIL the first official motor vehicle “speeding” ticket was handed out in the UK, when a gentleman named Walter Arnold was caught rocketing down the road at the breakneck speed of… 8 MPH.
5VnZP TIL the Kepler Conjecture was first posed in 1611 says that the density of stacked spheres in a cube is around 74.05% and was only proven in 2014 due to the astoundingly many different arrangements possible
xV7Qg TIL that the White House was renovated between 1949 and 1952 and that historian refer to this period as "The Truman Reconstruction"