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TIL: The quintessentially 40’s-mid 60’s American futuristic Jetsonesque architecture (think Back To The Future, bowling alleys, diners etc) which includes monuments such as the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign and the Seattle “Space Needle” is known as “Googie”

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b91pZ TIL There is a 2 foot wide panel studded with 100 mirrors on the moon, which astronomers can use to measure the distance between earth and the moon extremely accurately.
REV6 TIL that Pope Benedict XVI enjoyed flying helicopters, had a helicopter’s pilot’s license, but he did not have a driver’s license.
grlmA TIL that from 1860-1920, Ohioans headed the Presidential ticket on nine occasions and won all but two times, with Woodrow Wilson defeating them twice.
Zp0Pa TIL of Harada Sanosuke, an Edo period Samurai who was once ridiculed for not knowing how to properly commit seppuku. To prove his critic wrong, he drew his sword and attempted seppuku on the spot, but ended up surviving as the wound was too shallow.
DQ7Pv TIL the current head of the Chinese Imperial Family, Jin Yuzhang, had a career as a public servant in Beijing until his retirement at age 66