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8eymX TIL that Abraham Lincoln was originally named after his grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, who was also killed in a assassination
Yvxd TIL Viggo Mortensen purchased the horse Aragorn rides in Lord of the Rings after production.
W7LY TIL there’s a webpage that shows the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in ‘Real Time’, capturing the last 18 minutes of the Crew’s and Mission Control’s dialogue as well as Neil’s heart rate as he lands on the Moon.
vPjDR TIL the horns hand gesture was made fashionable in heavy metal cultre by Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath), who says it was used by his Italian grandmother to ward off evil
kOAw4 TIL on 1 May 1950 Mosinee, WI staged a communist take over where the mayor was dragged from his bed and "surrendered". The excitement caused him to have a heart attack, killing him 5 days later. The local minister also died after showing how he would hide a Bible from communists in a church organ.