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TIL that snake charming has nothing to do with the music being played but instead has to do with the instrument’s movement.

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kJ4RE TIL Four NASA interns stole $20 million in moon rocks in order to sell them for profit. Two of said interns reportedly crushed up sample and placed them under a pillow on order to “have sex on the Moon”
Kw5E TIL the “Man in the Iron Mask” story describes an actual prisoner, held for 34 years (until his death) and never seen without a velvet mask on. His identity and the reason for his anonymity remain a mystery to this day.
0d7B5 TIL that one of the strategies proposed for raising the Titanic before it fully deteriorates was to fill it full of ping pong balls.
BrbAD TIL At 65 Stephen Hawking fulfilled his dream and did a backflip in zero gravity
6EJwY TIL that the first non-stop UK to Canada flights were RAF Canberras carrying BBC recordings of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, so that Canadians were able to watch it the same day it happened.