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TIL that in the event that the moon landing failed and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin where stranded, NASA planned to end communication with the men, leaving them to either run out of oxygen or commit suicide with no further earthly contact

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kODeg TIL when the Miami Marlins built their new stadium, they consulted NASA to make sure no one could hit a home run more than 500 feet. Aaron Judge hit one 513 feet at the Home Run Derby in 2017.
KYDrw TIL ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer admitted that in 2013 Yahoo should've purchased either Netflix at $4 billion or Hulu at $1.3 billion instead of buying Tumblr at $1.1 billion stating it "would have been a better acquisition." By 2016, Yahoo had to write down Tumblr's value by a total $712 million.
wL4k8 TIL that for a short time, the planet Uranus was called George
rRjYM TIL the catchphrase "thinking outside the box" was popularized by management consultants in the 1970s and 1980s. They used it in connection with solving the 9-dots puzzle, where lateral thinking is needed
9YvwM TIL the combined wealth of the top 8 billionaire is equal to the combined wealth of the world's poorest half(3.6bn people)