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TIL Neil Armstrong earned his Masters from USC in 1970 and presented a seminar on "Moon Landing Techniques"

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e0RAE TIL graham crackers came about because of an early American Christian doctrine founded by Sylvester Graham. He believed Christians should be vegetarian and eat whole grain foods. The crackers, along with flour, etc. was developed to he sold to his followers, the Grahamites.
QJP5X TIL: A single almond requires a gallon (3.8 liters) of water to produce. California produces 80% of the planet's almonds using more water than Los Angeles & San Francisco combined, and generating $11 billion (2014) to the CA economy.
Eg1Zw Til a disease is something that needs to be cured, such as infection, injury, toxic exposure, cell degeneration, etc. Illness is something that needs to be managed such as feelings of pain, discomfort, distress, weakness, fatigue, etc.
X8jE TIL that The Catholic Church who formerly denied Heliocentrism, today has its own observatory located just outside Rome. The observatory is fully supported by the Holy See and its staff double as research scientists and Jesuit brothers.
GAPL4 TIL 5 children died in australia when a bouncy castle went airborne from gusts of wind