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TIL the famous quote from the movie Apollo 13 “Houston, we have a problem” was changed for creative purposes from the actual phrase said by astronaut Jack Swigert, “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”

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x64y1 TIL that insects undergoing metamorphosis can retain their memories even though their bodies, including their brains, essentially melt down into gloop and reform entirely. It is not understood how this is possible.
kBw4 TIL that in 1941 the English tried to make “rat bombs” out of actual rat carcasses to use against the Germans.
x6A90 TIL only two countries have money that are non-decimal currencies: Mauritania, where 1 ouguiya = 5 khoums, and Madagascar, where 1 ariary = 5 iraimbilanja. There was an attempt to undecimalise units of time during the french revolution but it failed.
mxamM TIL that atherosclerosis, the cause of coronary artery disease, is present in nearly everyone, sometimes even at birth
AD0G7 TIL a secret room under the Medici Chapel is covered in charcoal sketches by Michelangelo, who lived there for three months while hiding from the Pope