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TIL of the Apollo 15 postal covers scandal. The astronauts of Apollo 15 carried about 400 unauthorized postal covers into space and to the Moon's surface on the Lunar Module Falcon. All three were paid/bribed $7k each by stamp dealers, got busted, and never flew in space again.

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a7Qb TIL that Lightning McQueen was not named after racing legend Steve McQueen, but rather the former Pixar animator Glenn McQueen who died of skin cancer in 2002.
0w0YM TIL about Francis Marion, an American Patriot in SC who attacked British supply lines and harassed enemy communications then eluded capture through the swamps.
6EE6J TIL Ireland used to have five Provinces instead of the current four.
D1lnV TIL Walt Disney was close friends with J. Edgar Hoover, and was an FBI informant for 26 years.
8aaR8 TIL about the Dunbar's number. It is a theoretical upper limit of the people one can maintain stable relationships with. Suggested between 100 and 250. So if a town's population is below the Dunbar's number, it is more likely to have harmony and peace that a larger town or city.