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TIL: NASA intentionally underfueled Apollo 10, the test run for Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11, to prevent the crew from attempting a lunar landing on their own without permission.

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g6gy TIL that during the depression when the flour companies learned that poor Americans were sewing flour bags together to make clothing they started packing their flour in pretty patterned packing material to encourage potential dress makers to buy their flour
NQME TIL in the movie “Toy Story”, Sid’s carpet pattern in his house is the same carpet pattern from the Overlook Hotel in the movie “The Shinning”. Sid is also the only human in the series to know that the toys are alive.
PYJDJ TIL of Kim Han-Sol, North Korean heir apparent until 2001, when his father lost favor, and was assassinated by poison in 2017. In 2011 Han-Sol expressed distress and guilt over North Korean social conditions in social media. Targeted for assassination, his whereabouts has been unknown since 2017.
PopZ TIL Oklahoma (not California, Japan, Chile, etc) Experiences More Earthquakes Than Anywhere Else in the World
epk9D TIL about Leah Betts, a girl who made headlines after dying from taking a single ecstasy pill, did not die directly from the drug. Instead, she died from drinking 7 liters of water in 90 minutes. Ecstasy causes water retention, which can make even slightly high water consumption fatal.