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TIL that phở is primarily a breakfast dish in Vietnam.

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WnGY TIL the cameraman who videotaped The Station nightclub fire was there to film a planned segment on nightclub safety
LQNmV TIL that some countries imposed a Beard Tax and a token was required to be carried in public to show that it had been paid.
KBEE TIL that Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldren couldn’t afford the NASA life insurance policy. Also, before launch, the three signed hundreds of autographs to be given to their families should they not return so they would have valuable memorabilia to sell.
xVdB1 TIL that the spacesuits for the first moon landing were made by Playtex, a company famous for making bras and girdles. NASA had staged a competition to see who could make the best suit. Playtex officials essentially had to beg to be allowed to submit a suit design into the competition.
em9L TIL according to Carl Sagan, NASA gave cyanide pills to astronauts to commit suicide in case something went wrong.