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TIL that in 1971, the U.S. left a memorial on the Moon for every astronaut who died in the pursuit of space exploration, including Russian Cosmonauts

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Z86W4 TIL the 1981 film "Roar" featured shoots with live animals that resulted in 70+ injuries including cinematographer Jan De Bont who needed 220 stitches to reattach his scalp
wL7x8 Til, Heracleitus, sick with Dropsy, tried to cure it by covering himself in cow dung, thinking that it would draw the bad humours out. One version claims that the manure was too wet and he drowned in it, another that it was too dry and he dried out, third version says dogs ate him whole.
wYWW TIL The metric system never gained momentum in the US because it was deemed “atheistic” in the 19th century.
XEvXQ TIL Chess is a compulsory class for students in Armenia. Chess being popular since Soviet times, Armenia now has one of the highest Chess Grandmasters per capita in the world.
awlv9 TIL that in 1967 legendary animator Bill Plympton met, and was influenced by, the work of cartoonist Homer Groening, father of 'Simpsons' creator Matt Groening, a whole 20 years before the first 'Simpsons' cartoons aired