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TIL In 1965 two astronauts on their way back to orbit played a joke on mission control, pretending to spot Santa in space.

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R7rVj TIL it's been found that spiders, in part, store their memories and cognitive abilities in their webs. Destroying a web partially erases a spider's memory.
KYX76 TIL that in 1951, the future President of Botswana (then a member of the Botswanan Royal Family) and his wife were exiled to the UK for 5 years, as the South African government disapproved of their interracial marriage and the UK did not want to imperil their access to cheap resources in SA.
p81A4 TIL the electronic toll system in Portugal can be used as payment at many parking lots, gas stations and even some McDonald’s drive throughs
OoEYe TIL of the Window Tax in that was forced in England, France, Ireland and Scotland during the 18th and 19th centuries that spawned architectural decisions such as the double dutch doors as it was classified as a door to avoid the tax, but functioned as a window.
b9E9 TIL at serial killer Carl Panzram’s execution, when asked if he had any last words, he said, “Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill ten men while you’re fooling around!”