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TIL Apollo 11's Solar Wind Composition Experiment consisted of an aluminium foil sheet fixed to a pole facing the Sun. Studied by Swiss physicist Johannes Geiss, it was the only non-American experiment to be part of the mission and carried out on every moon landing

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4X6vo TIL George Harrison once told Art Garfunkel at a party, “My Paul is to me what your Paul is to you”, referring to feeling overshadowed and under appreciated.
v1MaL TIL: During the Civil War the British never officially backed the south but did run goods to the South through the blockade and by providing the Confederate States Navy with ships.
Bo4W TIL Dave Matthews is embroiled in a never-ending slap fight with his close friend and guitar builder Brian Calhoun
xAmB TIL In 2007, three armed men attempted to rob a tour group in Costa Rica. The tour group, which included a US Marine, fought back. One assailant died after having his neck broken by the Marine…who was 70 years old. The other two ran away.
y6DM TIL in 1991, a high profile court case forced the British Government to clearly define the difference between a cake a biscuit. In the end the Government published an official ruling that a cake is defined by its propensity to harden over time, whereas a biscuit has a propensity to soften.