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TIL that the Apollo 11 moon‑landing spacesuits were made by Playtex, the bra and girdle manufacturer, using couture‑level sewing for 21 layers of high-tech fabric.

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6E0x7 TIL "Kryptonite" was invented because Superman's original voice actor wanted time off, and the only way to do this was to make Superman sick.
6Er6W TIL that as a teenager, former President of the United States Richard Nixon would often get up at 4 AM to go buy vegetables for his impoverished family
W7Lr4 TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II
PWaJ TIL the city of Glasgow spends an estimated £10,000 each year removing traffic cones from the head of the statue of the Duke of Wellington.
X0mw8 TIL 265 crates of black tea and 75 crates of green were dumped at the Boston Tea Party