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TIL that when the Nike Swoosh logo was created in 1971, the designer billed $35 for it. In 1983, Paul Knight sent her a golden Swoosh diamond ring, with an undisclosed amount of Nike stock as thanks.

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ak7Z TIL that pioneer of astrogeology and founder of planetary science, Eugene Shoemaker, was a candidate for an Apollo moon mission but ruled out due to illness. After his death in 1997, he became the first person laid to rest on another celestial body, and the only human buried on the moon.
ADOjl TIL that Russia and the US are only 2.4 mi (3.9 km) apart due to the positioning of the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait. Diomede (US) and Big Diomede (Russia) are in view of each other, and in winter it’s technically possible to walk across the ice from US to Russia.
8ajJ4 TIL that the DreamWorks 1998 animated movie "The Prince of Egypt" is banned in Egypt.
nQp7 TIL there have been cases of benevolent monKey groups that help to feed humans lost in the Amazon.
0wL1 TIL, Companies are mining landfills because they are incredible rich in minerals. More so than found in nature.