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TIL In its classic era, traditional LEGO was not marketed heavily towards just boys, like it is today. Instead, it featured both boys and girls equally, often together using the same sets, in its marketing campaigns…

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X01wj TIL that American rockets are often equipped with a self-destruct system to protect people if the vehicle goes off course. Since 1958, 33 US orbital launch attempts have ended by self-destruction.
b9xw9 TIL there is there is an equation for how quickly a real conspiracy theory would reveal itself. The more people involved the quicker the truth comes out. Estimates if the Moon landing was really faked, it would have been revealed in under 4 years.
7gkb TIL it rains diamonds in Saturn & Jupiter
ZWGY TIL in 2000, a Wild Turkey whiskey storage facility caught fire, spilling 17,000 barrels of flaming whiskey into the surrounding woods, catching them ablaze. Twenty percent of the whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River, disrupting its oxygen supply, killing 228,000 fish along 66 miles of the river.
dNjr TIL, Frodo had the ring for 17 years before going on his quest instead of the handful of days the movie shows.