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TIL that the son of a soldier who was killed by the Viet Cong guerrilla shot in the infamous 1968 Saigon Execution photo went on to become a Rear Admiral in the US Navy.

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wLKvM TIL that while Neil Armstrong was walking on the moon the Soviet Union had an unmanned spacecraft in lunar orbit on a mission to obtain soil samples. It crashed on the moon the day Apollo 11 left.
lVw5 TIL Astrology is accepted as a science in India. The Supreme Court has confirmed this, and courses in Astrology are offered by multiple colleges.
4Xa0R TIL that neutron radiation from deuterium nuclear fusion can be exploited by breeding more deuterium from ordinary hydrogen.
e0Bp6 TIL the Looney Toons Golden Collection DVDs have a disclaimer at the beginning given by Whoopi Goldberg explaining that the cartoons are a product of their time and contain ethnic stereotypes that have not been censored because editing them would be the same as denying the stereotypes ever existed
NXLQP TIL the world’s tallest skyscraper designed by a woman is The St. Regis, Chicago. Standing at 1,198 ft tall, the 101-story tower was created by architect Jeanne Gang in 2020. The tower consists of three interconnected towers of different heights but all possess the same unique curvilinear design.