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TIL After Lunar Module saved astronauts on Apollo 13 mission, it's company sent a bill for $312,421.24 for towing services (as a joke) to company who made malfunctioned service module, and they in response declined payment stating last 3 times they carried Lunar Module for free.

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QJnNk TIL that after losing a bet in 2009, a man had his name legally changed to "Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova." It took five years, but the name was finally approved. All 99 characters of his new name are on his official documents.
ZplmQ TIL on Station Island in Ireland, St. Patrick was reputed to have found a cave that was a literal entrance into Purgatory. For hundreds of years, pilgrims travelled to the island and would spend the night in the cave, many of whom later emerged with fantastical tales of what they'd seen inside.
4yp5 TIL Irrfan Khan was too poor to go buy a ticket to see the Jurassic Park movie. Years later he played a starring role in Jurassic World
XEgAP TIL about Pals Battalions. British army units consisting of men from the same town or profession during the First World War. They were created as a way to boost morale. They did not take into account that almost the entire male population of a town would be wiped out in a single battle.
xV5RB TIL: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) was the most expensive film produced in the 1980s ($70 mil) and had the longest on-screen credits for a film.