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l7JE7 TIL that Nazis built (1941) and later beautified (1944) a model ghetto in Theresienstadt in preparation for a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross to give the visitors a positive impression.
6XBm TIL that the Canadian Football League has existed since 1909, and for the first three a university team beat three professionals to get the championship.
9YXD TIL ~ During the 2008 Olympics China employed 30 airplanes, 4,000 rocket launchers, and 7,000 anti-aircraft guns to stop rain. Shooting various chemicals into any threatening clouds to shrink rain drops before they reach the stadium. rf#29
5YlOp TIL Steven Spielberg went back to college after 33 years and submitted 'Schindler's List' to receive credits to graduate.
ANgW4 TIL in 1971, after the 2nd lunar EVA of Apollo 15, Commander Dave Scott found his NASA-issued watch had broken. He switched it with a prototype watch that he had been given as a back up. The only personally owned watch used on the moon's surface, it was auctioned in 2015 for $1.6 million.