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TIL that at the moment of launch, the Saturn V’s fuel economy was 7 inches per gallon.

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XPV6 TIL that LifeLock, an ID protection firm, ran a promotional in which its CEO, being so confident in the service, made his Social Security Number public. This resulted in him being the victim of identity theft 13 times, in addition to a $12 million company fine for false advertising.
J1dBj TIL that in sociology, there's the notion of the "third place". The 1st place is your home. The 2nd place is your workplace and the 3rd place refers to the social surroundings that are separate from the two usual social environments of home ("first place") and the workplace ("second place").
4XQD6 TIL that Hans Zimmer for the film Interstellar composed some of the score in specific BPM (Beats per minute) to match the time of each planet they were on.
60RX TIL that after the Treaty of Versailles, Marshal Ferdinand Foch said “This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years”. 20 years and 65 days later, WW2 broke out.
nmbW TIL that Cameron Lyle of the University of New Hampshire is ending his college athletics career and will miss the conference championship in order to donate bone marrow and save a strangers life. He is a 1 in 5,000,000 perfect match.