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TIL in 1958 the USAF planned to nuke the moon.

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J1jl1 TIL in 2018, a middle school in Dallas organized an event called “Breakfast with Dads,” but saw that not all of the students have fathers or father figures to attend the event with. So, they put up a post on Facebook seeking around 50 volunteers. On the day of the event, 600 men showed up to help.
gMkBb TIL that at it's height, 'Old London Bridge' had over 200 shops, with some buildings 6 storeys tall. The bridge was home to one of London's most notorious sights — a display of the severed heads of traitors on spikes. The first head to be displayed was that of William Wallace.
AYLB TIL the average high schooler has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient did in the early 1950s
LyVV TIL Smoking while driving is banned in North Korea on the grounds that a smoking driver cannot smell a problem with the car.
yQNPV TIL In 1851 "A muskrat skin was equal to a quarter of a dollar; a racoon skin, a third of a dollar; a doe skin, half a dollar, and a buck skin, “the almighty dollar.”