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TIL 11 of the 12 men who walked on the moon were Boy Scouts

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rNBXe TIL Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin singer) had three children with his wife (at the time) Maureen Wilson before divorcing in 1983 and then had a child with Maureen's sister Shirley Wilson. Making his kids both cousins and siblings.
9w0kX TIL Nikola Tesla predicted the rise of the modern smartphone over a century ago. He described a world where people would communicate wirelessly across the globe with devices small enough to carry in their pockets, envisioning what he called “a world wireless system.”
JY5KV TIL: Southern American's stereotype of being lazy, stupid mouth breathers comes from a widespread infection of hook worm.
x6BLw TIL after writing the main riff of Seven Nation Army, Jack White planned to save it in case he was ever asked to write a James Bond theme. Deciding this was unlikely to happen, he recorded the song anyways. Five years later, he was asked to write the theme song for the Bond film Quantum of Solace.
5VBXQ TIL that AA has a 5-10% success rate. About the same as anyone trying to quit by themselves.