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TIL that it would have cost NASA more money to fake the moon landing than actually doing it

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1avVD TIL that Roman Emperor Caligula once appointed his favorite horse, Incitatus, to the senate. Many think that this was because of Caligula's very known insanity, but there are suggestions that it was an elaborate prank to mock the senate and say that even a horse could easily perform their duties.
OGB8L TIL the oldest plane still flying is a 1909 Bleriot Monoplane, made from wood tied together by fabric. The pilot sits in a wicker chair
xVGKg TIL that in 1940, on the way to their invasion or Ardennes, France, the massive German army got into a major traffic jam. French reconnaissance pilots spotted it and reported it to French High Command who promptly said "that can't be true" and ignored it. An aerial attack could have ended the war
J1pgv TIL that singer Carly Simon's father is the founder and namesake of the Simon & Schuster publishing company
wRko TIL In 1984, a 1-year-old received a heart transplant from a baboon but ended up dying 21 days later due to rejection. When questioned with why a baboon and not a primate more closely related to humans, the surgeon said he didn’t believe in evolution.