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yQrVa TIL Apollo 11 astronauts were Quarantined for 3 weeks after they landed on the Moon because of fears of spreading a “Moon Plague”
7r8Nr TIL The world premiere of Blazing Saddles took place at a drive-in theater in Burbank, CA where 200 guests watched the film on horseback.
JYyVk TIL of the Wait Calculation that states that an interstellar mission that cannot be completed within 50 years should not be started at all as it will be overtaken by more efficient and faster later missions
QNap9 TIL that a blank TV screen received good audience ratings. During a strike by ITV workers in 1979, the UK network aired a caption stating "Transmissions will start again as soon as possible". One million TVs stayed tuned to ITV, as people hoped the strike would end soon. It ended after 11 weeks.
6e6l TIL Peter the Great, enamored of Western ways, encouraged cleanshavenness among Russians by imposing a tax on beards. Noblemen paid 100 rubles a year for a medallion that served as a beard license.