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TIL: NASA sent pics of Playboy Playmates to the moon.

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1abMP TIL Dubai did not grow so quickly from oil, but grew mainly from tourism, trading and banking.
R55J9 TIL that in 1953, a member of the Indiana Textbook Commission tried to ban mentions of Robin Hood because he promoted communism
90lM TIL that in the South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession, slavery is referenced 18 times. States rights is only referenced twice.
a9YL TIL that Muhammad Ali once opened a fish and chip shop in Coventry
pYQrQ TIL in 1937 Angelo Hays slammed headfirst into a brick wall in a motorcycle crash & was declared dead. However he was discovered alive when his body was exhumed 2 days after his funeral. He made a full recovery & invented a coffin that contained a "small oven, refrigerator & a hi-fi cassette player"