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TIL that the drink mix Tang wasn't created by or for NASA. It was introduced in 1957 but sold poorly until the U.S. space agency used it for John Glenn's 1962 Mercury mission. Tang was then marketed as what the astronauts drank, but Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin later said, "Tang sucks."

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dDKK8 TIL that the original job of the coroner was to collect the revenues of the English Crown - legal fines, buried treasure, shipwrecks, and the like. This included the seized estates of suicide victims and murderers, and over time the office of coroner evolved into the modern function.
JY0yv TIL that contrary to popular belief, British people's teeth are actually on average significantly healthier than American's (and also better than most European's).
W7QK9 TIL: Before Vanna White, came Susan Stafford. Stafford was the first co-host of "Wheel of Fortune". After leaving the show to pursue philanthropy, Stafford said "For seven years, I stood there and turned letters. I had to ask myself if that was any way for a grown woman to live her life."
Zpjyp TIL/On February 22, 1630, Native Americans introduced popcorn to English colonists during a meeting with the Wampanoag tribe, marking one of the earliest documented instances of popcorn in North America. Nearly 400 years later, it’s still a beloved snack—and today, in 2025,
oB0Vr TIL the world's oldest human-made gold treasure dates back to the period between 4,500 BC and 4,000 BC is found in Varna, Bulgaria.