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TIL The flag erected on the Moon during the Apollo 11 landing was purchased at a local Sears store for US$5.50.

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awAZy TIL several Mosler Safe Company vaults were installed in Hiroshima's Mitsui Bank building prior to WWII. After surviving the nuclear attack on the island, the company became renowned for the strength of the vaults and would be the gold standard for blast doors during the Cold War.
OoZMg TIL that in Vietnam they call the Vietnam war, “The American War”
WpeX TIL there are millions of chemical bombs lying in our oceans after being dumped there after the first and second world war, because authorities didn’t have a way to dispose of them properly.
ANxog TIL that in 1770, 14-year-old Mozart attended a Vatican performance of Allegri's Miserere, a choral piece so sacred its sheet music was kept secret under penalty of excommunication. He memorized it in one hearing, transcribed it, and helped bring it to the public.
xWmo TIL: Although, all “pictures” of Jesus show him with long hair, Artwork from the first century shows that male Jews of the time never wore their hair long