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vPP88 TIL Apollo-11 (Moon landing) guidance system computer had 4kb RAM and 32kb hard drive.
ZpDNo TIL There was an urban legend in the UK that Richard Bacon, the Blue Peter presenter who was fired for using cocaine, had snorted cocaine off the Blue Peter tortoise Freida during the run of the series
0wM7M TIL the launching mechanism on an aircraft carrier could throw a pickup truck over a mile
YpNVA TIL that a 9 year old Minnesota boy was misdirected by a volunteer and ended up winning a 10K he didn't intend to run.
8dRG TIL Auburn University has a help line that has been running since the 1950’s where anyone can call and they will try to answer any question.