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TIL Both of Jack Black’s parents were Aerospace Engineers who worked on the Apollo 11 mission.

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rRQa1 TIL that the Royal Navy made a daily issue of rum to its sailors until 31 Jul 1970. The issue was a tot, "only" 1/8 of a pint of rum, daily and it was mixed with water to make "grog" to make it palatable. Tots are still issued on special occasions, such as the Queen's Jubilees and Royal births.
Kw6J TIL Monopoly was originally intended to teach the player the broken nature of Capitalism
xGg5 TIL That in the Vietnamese version of Cinderella at the end, Cinderella cut up her step sister, put the remains into a jar of food and sent it to her Step Mother to eat, she enjoyed it until she found her skull at the bottom of the jar and instantly died of shock.
J1vEv TIL there were over 20 assassination plots/attempts on Adolf Hitler. The "July 20th" plot was the closest at being successful, but only injuring Hitler. In retribution Hitler executed around 4900 people, only 200 of which were involved in the plot.
x68Vw TIL that there is a pharmaceutical company in Denmark that has a higher market cap than Denmark's entire GDP