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TIL That Neil Armstrong's heart rate spiked to 150+ when NASA turned the control over to him for the moon landing.

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wo8RY TIL A ‘lost world’ of early microbes thrived one billion years ago which give clues to a lost world of primitive microbes that once may have populated the world’s oceans and may have eventually given rise to modern plants and animals.
Y7YEG TIL firing someone for their sexual orientation is still legal in 12 states in the US
4beo TIL: Young adult women who read “Fifty Shades of Grey” are more likely than nonreaders to exhibit signs of eating disorders and have a verbally abusive partner.
vVWr TIL: To camouflage aircraft factories in suburban Los Angeles during WWII, the military built simulated neighborhoods on their rooftops complete with fake cars, roads, homes and foliage. Actors were hired to inhabit these spaces too.
Eeb7 TIL a man in New Jersey was charged $3,750 for a bottle of wine, after the waitress told him it was “thirty-seven fifty”