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TIL Humans have not set foot on the moon since 11 December 1972, almost 50 years.

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LQedV TIL A classic thought experiment in probability theory suggests that if you have a million monkeys typing away on a million typewriters (or even just a few), given enough time, they will randomly produce the complete works of Shakespeare (or Dickens, or even the entire British Library).
OoaeL TIL that in the UK in 2009, the #1 Christmas song was "Killing in the name of" by Rage Against the Machine
XDWX TIL In 2009, a retired policeman called Geraint Woolford was admitted to Abergale Hospital in north Wales and ended up next to another retired policeman called Geraint Woolford. The men weren’t related, had never met and were the only two people in the UK called Geraint Woolford.
16DQW TIL that in addition to the Medal of Honor that Audie Murphy was awarded for his conduct in combat on January 26, 1945, he received 2 Bronze Stars, 2 Silver Stars, and a Distinguished Service Cross for five other heroic acts while in combat dating back to March 1944.
mxaVP TIL that according to the Health and Safety Executive, cows are the "most deadly" large animal in Britain