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TIL the USSR put a rover on the moon in 1970, and was missing from 1971-2010

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xDKg TIL in Motorcycle Road Racing (i.e. Isle of Man TT) the paramedics ride superbikes too, following the racers, to be as fast as possible on the crash scene
BOae TIL that there are still 4 teams in the NFL that, in 50 years, have never once been to a Super Bowl.
EdGX TIL that mapmakers for Esso invented a fake town called Agloe, New York, as a way of catching anyone who copied their maps. The trap was ruined when county officials registered Agloe as a real town.
WkP7Y TIL part of Norway and Finland's boarder was determined by surveyors who chose convenient walking paths to place border markers rather than use prominent mountain peaks. Thus the highest point in Finland is on the slope of a Norwegian mountain.
XEYyE TIL where cocktail most likely got its name. A horse with a cocked tail seemed to posses more vigor. Horse traders would add ginger and pepper in the horses' rectum to provide an added dose of spice. On conclusion one would pour an alcoholic drink for oneself flavoured with these common ingredients.