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TIL that the Apollo 11 crew took a piece of wood and fabric from the Wright Brother’s 1903 Flyer to the moon.

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gMdpb TIL that Cuba is the only country in the world that meets WWF conditions of sustainable development, for both the Human Development Index and Ecological Footprint
grMly TIL during the Titanic's sinking, Lucile Carter and her children was separated from her husband William. When she met him again on the rescue ship Carpathia, "All he said was that he had had a jolly good breakfast and that he never thought I would make it." They divorced less than two years later.
jN40a TIL of a gene named 'mothers against decapentaplegic', parodying 'Mothers Against X'-type organizations
dglQ TIL: It was once socially acceptable to mail children… it was also remarkably affordable at about 13 cents (about $3.14 in 2016).
R5kQw TIL about the story of Ada Blackjack, an Inuit woman from Alaska who was stranded on an uninhabited Wrangel Island for two years in the early 1920s, and was the only survivor of her group after being rescued.