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TIL Plans were in place to sever all communication w/ Astronauts on the moon if they had been stranded by a technical failure.

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G7ej TIL a word that can be its own antonym is called a contronym. For example, “bitch” can refer to someone who’s domineering or submissive.
E1oo0 TIL that only 17% of restaurants fail within their first year, despite the commonly touted figure of 9 / 10
GdDE TIL Dolly Parton has a program that will mail your child a free age-appropriate book once a month from birth to age 5. No obligation, no catch, she just wants to make sure that every child has books.
yQvX TIL there is a fountain in Romania that is dyed red in hopes to raise awareness of Hemophilia.
oBVWA TIL the organizers of the 2012 Olympics asked The Who's manager about the possibility of drummer Keith Moon playing at the event. The manager replied that Moon was residing at the Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to the line "I hope I die before I get old". Keith Moon died in 1978.