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TIL That the USA's next moon mission is called Artemis, because in Greek Mythology Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo.

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oRrRr TIL according to Pliny, Roman Emperor Tiberius once became so enamored by the sculpture "Apoxyomenos" that he took the sculpture out of the public baths of Agrippa and into his own private bedroom. After public uproar, he placed it back into the baths out of shame.
x6Ao TIL that a 17-year old girl survived a 10,000 feet fall from an airplane after it was struck by lightning and exploded. She landed in a jungle and kept herself alive with only candy and her dad’s advice.
kOjDd TIL Miners would inhale aluminum powder to coat their lungs and "prevent" silica based diseases, resulting in many suffering from ALS today.
8eXn8 TIL despite gambling for money being illegal in Japan many parlors for the Japanese gambling game Pachinko exploit a legal loophole where players are awarded special tokens instead of cash which are then "sold" by players to outside vendors and then sold by the vendors back to the parlor.
k0OB TIL that the FCC was largely responsible for the demise of Saturday morning Cartoons