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TIL the Apollo program was named after the Greek god of light, music, and the Sun, by NASA manager Abe Silverstein. Silverstein chose the name at home one evening, early in 1960, because he felt "Apollo riding his chariot across the Sun was appropriate to the grand scale of the proposed program."

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ZpnGY TIL S3E24 of Star Trek: The Next Generation is titled "Ménage à Troi", co-starred ST creator Gene Roddenberry's wife, and was written by Roddenberry's personal assistant with whom he had a long-time affair. (Although the title is a pun referring to the character Deanna Troi.)
a8X4o TIL There's a genuine medical condition, where sufferers absolutely believe someone close to them has been 'swapped' with an imposter, as if they're really living "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", the original patient was a "Madame Macabre", it's known as Capgras delusion.
b9bJQ TIL that Daylight Saving Time was invented by a guy who wanted more time after work to collect insects for his collection
dDJbQ TIL Apollo Quiboloy, a Filipino pastor who declared himself the 'Appointed Son of God' and 'Owner of the Universe', was wanted by the FBI for sex trafficking and human rights abuses.
wL9dM TIL In 1997, an American co., RiceTec obtained a patent for a strain of rice never historically grown in America — “Basmati”. They achieved this by crossbreeding India’s native plant with a US long rice variety & then claimed exclusive rights over any basmati hybrid grown in the western hemisphere.