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TIL that the astronauts of Apollo 11 couldn’t get life insurance, so they signed photos that their families could auction in case the landing went wrong

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69LkY TIL that Alexander Hamilton who is on the $10 bill is not a native born American but was born in the British Leeward Island (now St. Kitts & Nevis)
BgVZe TIL that TLC's Waterfalls was about safe sex and resisting the urge to engage in self-destructive behaviors.
rMBx TIL A “billion” in England was defined as a million million (1,000,000,000,000) up until 1974.
0bGR TIL The Murchison meteorite that crashed in Australia contains uracil and xanthine (guanine derivative) nucleobases (DNA components) that were proven to be of non-Earth origin/contamination due to the amount of carbon-13.
OoVY4 TIL There's a difference between garbage and trash. Garbage is waste that comes from the bathroom and kitchen while trash is waste that come from anywhere but the bathroom and kitchen.